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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 “frowo” 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.

55 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
frow106425051frow_
frown115415971frown
frows116623101frows
bromo95217202bromo
broo65129822bro_o
brow97228442brow_
brown105619532brown
brows105425982brows
crow96428132crow_
crowd115815622crowd
crown105620082crown
crows105727312crows
drown95515822drown
flow105924922flow_
flown116213992flown
flows115822362flows
fordo97218652fordo
forgo94418332forgo
fowl105723632f_owl
fro65530642fr__o
frock145314652frock
froe75329992fro_e
froes86126692froes
frog85624362fro_g
frogs96220772frogs
from96923922fro_m
frond95316342frond
frons86124042frons
front85029222front
frore86218802frore
frosh115713402frosh
frost84727832frost
froth115919282froth
frowns126011392frowns
frowst125512072frowst
frowsy15498272frowsy
frowzy24485792frowzy
froze174515652froze
grow86127302grow_
growl96115822growl
grown95317352grown
grows95523922grows
iroko939662iroko
promo95620002promo
proso77222412proso
prow97030382prow_
prowl105615122prowl
prows106327012prows
roto45935052_roto
row67453672_row_
rows75941752_rows
trow78031422trow_
trows88826182trows
vrow105817472vrow_
vrows116115262vrows

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 Filter178691538000.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit53800551.56334421.0
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691551.90293949.0
 
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