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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 “pokeweed” 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.

32 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
pokeweed184294(None) 
pokeweeds1962421pokeweeds
pondweed1543102pondweed
agueweed1342173agueweed
blueweed1444043blueweed
cokehead1845063cokehead
coleseed1147403coleseed
daneweed1344053daneweed
dyeweed1543203_dyeweed
fireweed1545353fireweed
hogweed1534443ho_gweed
horseweed1694663horseweed
locoweed1442833locoweed
peewee11311963p_eewee_
peewees1236803p_eewees
pewee10319973p__ewee_
pewees11311393p__ewees
pigweed1465093p_igweed
pinweed1346933p_inweed
pocketed17147143pocke_ted
poked125425393pok___ed
poleaxed1854823poleaxed
poleward1455943poleward
pondweeds1642183pondweeds
popeyed1535713pope_yed
powered132911643powe_red
rockweed1843313rockweed
skewed145610233_skew_ed
skewered1634213_skewered
snakeweed1742283snakeweed
tokened1236393toke_ned
weeweed1435183_weeweed

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162326.34323043.0
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.78226347.8
 
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