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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 “pewees” 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
pewees1131139(None) 
peewees1236801peewees
pewee10319971pewee_
beweep13147252beweep
beweeps1494562beweeps
epees75219832_epees
etwees9348792etwees
ewers86018822_ewers
ewes76328702_ew_es
gelees74116262gelees
hewers123715272hewers
jewels16508612jewels
levees93714522levees
melees83618082melees
newels93710822newels
newies91014072newies
pawers114818782pawers
pawnees12298172pawnees
payees114812902payees
peaces106324082peaces
peages94321852peages
peases85229472peases
pedes85327292pe_des
peeks115021112pe_eks
peels75226422pe_els
peens76428192pe_ens
peeps95822362pe_eps
peers75130272pe_ers
pees65257372p__ees
peeves113814872peeves
peewee11311962peewee
peises84125042peises
pekes114623562pe_kes
pekoes124410422pekoes
peles75738082pe_les
pelves114514662pelves
penes75839222pe_nes
pensees9311202pensees
peones83821042peones
peres76246642pe_res
perses85428062perses
peters86624592peters
pewits112810682pewits
pews95731532pew__s
pewter114013672pewter
pewters124113352pewters
powers113822322powers
prees75937172p_rees
purees84721682purees
resees63827482resees
reweds104412302reweds
rewets94617212rewets
sewers94719722sewers
spewers124210662spewers
tepees84215242tepees
wees76249122__wees
weewees1336562weewees

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 Limit82551572.61031628.7
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691572.96660246.5
 
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