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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhacksawed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

14 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
hacksawed224302(None) 
hacksaw1943712hacksaw__
hacksawn2042672hacksaw_n
hacksaws2043922hacksaw_s
backdated1946483backdated
backsaw1836203backsaw__
backsaws1946803backsaw_s
backspaced2343463backspaced
chainsawed1951123chainsawed
hacked164923513hack___ed
hackled173312493hack__led
hackneyed2242243hackneyed
hacksawing2343263hacksawing
packaged18115753pack_aged

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641146.26323733.2
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691146.68626726.1