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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 “askew” 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.

46 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
askew1252941(None) 
asked106919311asked
asker96418781asker
skew116218761_skew
ackee115825372ackee
akee85936812a_kee
anew76623132a_new
asea46327182as_ea
ashed97829772ashed
ashen87818672ashen
ashes86230612ashes
ask77130702ask__
askers105915402askers
askoi9507802askoi
askos95011772askos
asks85721212ask_s
aspen75216092aspen
asper75520432asper
asses55629282asses
asset55932262asset
aster55434892aster
basked135218602basked
basket125722912basket
cashew144311452cashew
casked134815512casked
casket124820992casket
esker94412982esker
gasket114417252gasket
masked134316522masked
maskeg13388692maskeg
masker124416102masker
sake85244962sake_
saker95132022saker
sakes95540752sakes
sew66247262_s_ew
shew108030762_shew
skee85431472_skee
skeg95316162_skeg
skep105219352_skep
skews125413802_skews
slew76228232_slew
smew95017732_smew
spew95421872_spew
stew77525462_stew
tasked114714642tasked
tsked105910032tsked

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800461.54634799.5
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691461.85996122.1
 
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