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

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

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

16 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
sawer8502621(None) 
pawer104422971pawer
rawer84623731rawer
saber75330241saber
safer84721811safer
sager65432051sager
saker95132021saker
saner54334321saner
saver84831251saver
sawed95628401sawed
sawers94620161sawers
sawyer12438041sawyer
sayer84926551sayer
sewer84426211sewer
sower85229311sower
tawer85223441tawer

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756160.54652666.7
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691160.622287284.6