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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “roweling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

40 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
roweling12281112(None) 
boweling143410681boweling
doweling13279761doweling
rowelling1366991rowelling
toweling122910371toweling
troweling1376361troweling
bowelling1566492bowelling
bowering142911712bowering
bowling133916492bow_ling
cowering142514042cowering
cowling134017422cow_ling
dowelling1466252dowelling
dowering132510612dowering
fowling143713112fow_ling
groveling1435572groveling
growling1348162grow_ling
hoveling15189592hoveling
howling143413162how_ling
jeweling1935482jeweling
lowering122210912lowering
modeling12311072modeling
powering142210802powering
prowling1449992prow_ling
raveling123414372raveling
reeling83126862r_eeling
reveling123117082reveling
rewelding1436912rewelding
rockling15259382rockling
rodeoing1037252rodeoing
rogering10310272rogering
roiling83220452ro_iling
rolling83620412ro_lling
rootling9269952rootling
rowing103623302row__ing
towelings13234692towelings
towelling1366252towelling
towering122610872towering
trowelling1484912trowelling
yodeling1357672yodeling
yowling143610222yow_ling

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059403.58033815.4
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.98344863.4
 
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