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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 “dowser” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

104 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
dowser10471608(None) 
dorser74819181dorser
doser66228561do_ser
dosser74417971dosser
douser75621631douser
dower95027701dow_er
downer104414921downer
dowse96020811dowse_
dowsed115015011dowsed
dowsers115013531dowsers
dowses105718301dowses
wowser125110201wowser
bower107328182bow_er
bowler114217312bowler
bowse105420632bowse_
bowsed125715972bowsed
bowses115718862bowses
bowyer14368922bowyer
browser124911142browser
cower104531772cow_er
cowier113616162cowier
denser74115192denser
dewier104013462dewier
dobber114015422dobber
docker134417652docker
dodder94712912dodder
dodger95817052dodger
doer57734702do__er
doffer133911352doffer
dogger95216782dogger
doozer163910462doozer
doper86128392do_per
dopier93515922dopier
dormer94415902dormer
dorper94314572dorper
dorsel75315502dorsel
dorsers83516302dorsers
dose56442432do_se_
dosed76626912do_sed
dosers75723632do_sers
doses65938502do_ses
dossed84516632dossed
dossel74813642dossel
dossers84516232dossers
dosses76126272dosses
dossier83711692dossier
doter65428622do_ter
dotier73917032dotier
dotter74419342dotter
dourer74215272dourer
douse66329722douse_
doused84821162doused
dousers84817272dousers
douses74928932douses
dowager1245802dowager
dowdier12328572dowdier
dowed104632612dow_ed
dowel95618192dow_el
dowers104523292dow_ers
dowery134311662dow_ery
dowie94721142dowie_
downed115314782downed
downers113912772downers
downier11299702downier
dows85941052dows__
dozer158419272do_zer
dozier163611632dozier
drowner11369802drowner
drowse105010552drowse_
drowsed12448742drowsed
drowses114610232drowses
drowsier1284902drowsier
fowler123712582fowler
hawser125910842hawser
hoser811529762ho_ser
houser95322282houser
howler123514312howler
looser65219942looser
loser54728672lo_ser
lower85830412low_er
lowse87219902lowse_
momser104011412momser
mosser84618272mosser
mouser85822442mouser
mower104523452mow_er
nooser65517822nooser
owner84613312_owner
owse76321622_owse_
owsen84210192_owsen
poiser84217242poiser
poser75128772po_ser
powder123611902powder
power105325952pow_er
powter114116032powter
rooser63921882rooser
rouser65224082rouser
rower85430492row_er
sower85229312sow_er
tosser64215662tosser
tower85729202tow_er
vower115220792vow_er
worser95117522worser
wowsers13488762wowsers
yowler123310042yowler

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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit825511042.48633206.4
3Display Results1041040.0303466.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911042.88961852.2
 
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