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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 “patchworked” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

27 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
patchworked265149(None) 
patchwork2343892patchwork__
patchworks2443552patchwork_s
pitchforked2651302pitchforked
catchword2063933catchwor__d
matchmarked2551663matchmarked
patchworking2751483patchworking
watchword2143553watchwor__d
anchored1438604_anch_or_ed
catchwords2143384catchwor_ds
interworked1984644interworked
lathwork1845634lat_hwork__
lathworks1945194lat_hwork_s
matchwood2093434matchwo__od
networked1742844net__worked
outworked1745574out__worked
patchboard2053514patchbo_ard
patched153514624patch____ed
pieceworker2251434pieceworker
pitchfork2352544pitchfork__
pitchforks2452374pitchfork_s
pitchpoled2052234pitchpo_led
pitchwomen2252794pitchwo_men
preworked1954654p__reworked
topworked1941954__topworked
watchdogged236704watchdogged
watchwords2253294watchwor_ds

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit148819278.65617192.6
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691279.13919552.6
 
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