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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 “wheezer” 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.

35 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
wheezer2229667(None) 
wheeler13298771wheeler
wheeze21276811wheeze_
wheezed23296451wheezed
wheezers23265271wheezers
wheezes22306801wheezes
wheezier2333341wheezier
beezer174010522_beezer
cheeper143610742cheeper
cheerer123511752cheerer
freezer19348522freezer
geezer16278012_geezer
heeder104216042_heeder
heeler93917312_heeler
heeze175313482_heeze_
heezed194210512_heezed
heezes184211642_heezes
sheerer103813842sheerer
sheeter103814912sheeter
sneezer16237962sneezer
tweezer19305762tweezer
weeder103315512w_eeder
weeper114313302w_eeper
weever123811442w_eever
wheedler1543542wheedler
wheeled14318462wheeled
wheelers14287732wheelers
wheeped16387502wheeped
wheezy24244522wheez_y
whenever1742772whenever
wherever1743822wherever
whether16346622whether
whetter13348802whetter
whizzer2134582whizzer
whoever1634102whoever

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671356.51616524.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.28224538.7
 
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