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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forappeared” 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.

19 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
appeared133614(None) 
appealed1335601appealed
appeased1335791appeased
afeared1176832a_feared
aneared8512742a_neared
apparel1146002app_arel
appealer1245742appealer
appear10379342appear__
appears11308952appear_s
appease1137912appease_
appeaser1245952appeaser
appeases1238662appeases
appended1435482appended
coappeared1742272coappeared
lappered13288212lappe_red
papered122513172pape_red
reappeared1543012reappeared
speared104314422_speared
upreared1137072upreared

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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059194.11029454.7
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691194.54639307.3