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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 “newies” 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.

57 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
newies9101407(None) 
newbies12147421newbies
newie81813481newie_
newsies101310381newsies
aeries64737782aeries
belies84631052belies
bevies114017302bevies
bewigs1246532bewigs
defies104624052defies
demies94825802demies
denies74729642denies
dewier104013462dewier
dewiest11312342dewiest
dexies145018342dexies
enemies9313692enemies
envies9314052envies
ewes76328702_ew_es
genies75324942genies
kewpies16246922kewpies
levies93919862levies
lewis85315842lewi_s
lewises1039132lewises
navies95218622navies
neddies92710702neddies
neifs85613042ne_ifs
nellies73418722nellies
nenes55329672ne_nes
nereis6315342nereis
nerves94216192nerves
nesses64718322nesses
neumes83112622neumes
neves87021872ne_ves
newbie11135412newbie_
newel86114132new_el
newels93710822newels
newer85717462new_er
newest9314212new_est
newish1237902newish
newness1035702newness
news76127372new__s
newsie9138212newsie_
newsier10147222newsier
newsiest11107482newsiest
newts86015282new_ts
nixies135313872nixies
nowise9511072nowise
nudies75217092nudies
pewees11311392pewees
pewits112810682pewits
relies65036422relies
reties65436192reties
rewins95020822rewins
rewires104717112rewires
series64540972series
towies93521192towies
vegies104314272vegies
yowies123913732yowies

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.25036689.3
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.60968490.2
 
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