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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 “drew” 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.

179 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
drew8622167(None) 
brew95023561brew
crew96122681crew
dew77139921d_ew
draw85623011draw
dree56638321dree
dreg66821651dreg
drek96321091drek
grew85620261grew
anew76623132anew
are37874572are_
area45843392area
ares45871022ares
blew94722432blew
braw94829562braw
bred75130972bred
bree67241262bree
bren65629562bren
brews105617072brews
brow97228442brow
chew126622132chew
clew95520572clew
craw97725262craw
cred76530882cred
crews105917502crews
crow96428132crow
dare55848862dare_
dared75935012dared
darer65230792darer
dares66146702dares
daw77148362d_aw
de37049542d_e_
deb66342692d_eb
dee47665822d_ee
deed65340902deed
deem75432892deem
deep76031882deep
deer56739022deer
dees56356632dees
deet57356582deet
def76546722d_ef
del46752752d_el
den47554342d_en
dere56845902dere
derm76031892derm
dev76033772d_ev
dews86230602d_ews
dewy115419022d_ewy
dex116936882d_ex
dey77243372d_ey
dhow116614002dhow
die46759652die_
died66137852died
diel59034602diel
dies55653522dies
diet57357532diet
dire56644142dire_
direr64927072direr
doe47361952doe_
doer57734702doer
does56554472does
dore56353302dore_
dow76749972d_ow
drab76226452drab
drag64825052drag
dram75832002dram
drat56247832drat
drawl95516012drawl
drawn95614242drawn
draws95119372draws
dray85428092dray
dread74419022dread
dream85120392dream
drear65016902drear
dreck124812802dreck
dreed75222842dreed
drees65628522drees
dregs76114862dregs
dreks105714752dreks
dress65319832dress
drest65530342drest
drib76823262drib
dried75321382dried
drier64423962drier
dries64733672dries
drip76223952drip
drop75324402drop
drown95515822drown
drub75920132drub
drug65718132drug
drum76521592drum
dry76526032dr_y
dryer95111462dryer
drys86314802drys
due45249862due_
duel56729702duel
dues56045502dues
duet56446262duet
dure56341812dure_
dured75025402dured
dures65635922dures
dye75334842dye_
dyed96720762dyed
dyer85522112dyer
dyes85331892dyes
ere36352772ere_
few95436962_few
flew105824252flew
free75940182free
fret75845042fret
frow106425052frow
gree56641562gree
grey85624042grey
grow86127302grow
hew97642722_hew
ire36943172ire_
ired55131872ired
ires45639282ires
jew135129082_jew
knew115912122knew
krewe1238192krewe
mew86137732_mew
new66237092_new
ore36661832ore_
ores46056682ores
pew86442302_pew
phew128417112phew
plew97222812plew
pree67044732pree
prep86427672prep
prex135722972prex
prey96228482prey
prez156126312prez
prow97030382prow
raw67252252_raw
re26153742_re_
reb55844962_reb
rec55645462_rec
red46755802_red
redrew10309512redrew
ree37974072_ree
ref66053292_ref
reg46146492_reg
rei35647252_rei
rem56150042_rem
rep55847802_rep
res35565042_res
ret35982832_ret
rev65336622_rev
rex105740992_rex
row67453672_row
screw109318542screw
sew66247262_sew
shew108030762shew
shrew119720172shrew
skew116218762skew
slew76228232slew
smew95017732smew
spew95421872spew
stew77525462stew
strew89220662strew
tew66640152_tew
thew108226232thew
threw1117315712threw
tree47745812tree
tref77030992tref
trek86222312trek
tres46542902tres
tret46653532tret
trews86118892trews
trey77228792trey
trow78031422trow
undrew1037912undrew
urea46528062urea
view105917672view
vrow105817472vrow
whew137618782whew
wren78221682wren
yew96436292_yew

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721790.75039829.3
3Display Results1791790.0335424.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911791.063168100.7
 
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