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

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

47 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
drowsy1348790(None) 
dropsy12497471dropsy
drossy10528471drossy
drowse105010551drowse
frowsy15498271frowsy
blowsy14579452blowsy
brosy106115382bro_sy
browny144510042browny
brows105425982brows_
browse115713862browse
crowdy15467172crowdy
crows105727312crows_
dhows125911222dhows_
donsy96414682d_onsy
dowdy136112542d_owdy
downy125714552d_owny
dowry126312482d_owry
dows85941052d_ows_
dowse96020812d_owse
drawly134910722drawly
draws95119372draws_
dressy10518142dressy
drolly105411672drolly
drooly104911072drooly
droopy12458242droopy
drops85719502drops_
drosky14486162drosky
dross65418092dro_ss
drown95515822drow_n
drownd11478312drownd
drowns105612332drowns
drowsed12448752drowsed
drowses114610232drowses
drowsily1583722drowsily
frows116623102frows_
frowst125512072frowst
frowsty16464982frowsty
frowzy24485792frowzy
growly13499172growly
grows95523922grows_
prosy106319252pro_sy
prows106327012prows_
rosy76024872_ro_sy
rowdy125711532_rowdy
rows75941752_rows_
trows88826182trows_
vrows116115262vrows_

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551472.51632810.4
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691472.88861873.6