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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 “chewer” 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.

69 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
chewer14551262(None) 
chawer144314411chawer
cheder125113491cheder
cheer105420381che_er
chewed154415011chewed
chewers154111141chewers
chewier1537591chewier
hewer115719931_hewer
shewer124515111shewer
brewer114812552brewer
ceder85322242c_eder
chafer144714572chafer
chaser114918382chaser
chawed155214602chawed
chawers154412052chawers
cheaper144010582cheaper
cheater124816962cheater
chebec1536962chebec
checker18329532checker
cheders134512392cheders
cheek145115712che_ek
cheep125416502che_ep
cheeper143610742cheeper
cheerer123511752cheerer
cheero114712932che_ero
cheers114518912che_ers
cheery144913152che_ery
chefed155010562chefed
chequer2135152chequer
chevre14318312chevre
chew126622132chew__
chews135418512chew_s
chewy165011902chew_y
chicer134513602chicer
chider125116052chider
chiefer1536862chiefer
chimer135517202chimer
choker154314372choker
choler113717152choler
chowder16387812chowder
chowed154914652chowed
clawer114512782clawer
clever114611532clever
clewed1225113202clewed
coherer122912782coherer
cower104531772c_ower
crewed125316562crewed
crewel114310482crewel
crower114117562crower
eschewer1643172eschewer
ewer77523982__ewer
fewer115216122_fewer
heder95623642_heder
hewed125619432_hewed
hewers123715272_hewers
hexer155116682_hexer
newer85717462_newer
schemer1477962schemer
screwer124410072screwer
sewer84426222_sewer
sheer84726892she_er
shewed134716182shewed
shewers134312052shewers
shower124315112shower
skewer13519612skewer
spewer115112152spewer
thawer12489342thawer
thewier1336062thewier
viewer1237212viewer

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551692.09639385.0
3Display Results69690.0135307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691692.44972964.9
 
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