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

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

45 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
knawe1239788(None) 
knave12389461knave
knawel13415411knawel
knawes13328391knawes
awe67746622__awe
enate54428152enate
gnaw86515742gnaw_
gnawed11427832gnawed
gnawer10386952gnawer
gnawn9517782gnawn
gnaws96311142gnaws
inane52820342inane
kae76744542k_a_e
kale86533752k_ale
kame105728232k_ame
kane85133972k_ane
kinase104210652kinase
knack104311042knack
knap105815402kna_p
knaps115511172knaps
knar85818722kna_r
knars94416112knars
knaur9508252knaur
knaves13439522knaves
knawels14344682knawels
knee85323602kn_ee
knew115912122knew_
knife1210010132knife
know116115842know_
knower1337082knower
known12568342known
knows124912412knows
krewe1238192krewe
nabe66029492_nabe
nae35952742_na_e
name65637412_name
nape65230802_nape
nave75732312_nave
naw66346492_naw_
snake94821112snake
snare54429982snare
snaw78923072snaw_
snawed104813732snawed
snaws86116362snaws
unawed103914902unawed

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800451.34340059.6
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691451.669107064.7