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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 “powered” 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.

39 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
powered13291164(None) 
bowered133113041bowered
cowered133214651cowered
dowered122811551dowered
lowered112711911lowered
powdered15256891powdered
towered112911401towered
boweled132810692boweled
cohered133514692cohered
covered133315292covered
doweled12269772doweled
empowered1743052empowered
flowered1546012flowered
glowered1345752glowered
homered133212712homered
hovered143411572hovered
impowered1743142impowered
lowbred13225362lowbred
overed102216622_overed
papered122513172papered
peered93819492p_eered
petered103314972petered
pondered126411292pondered
popeyed1535712popeyed
pored85234512po__red
portered112311542portered
pothered142311042pothered
pottered112311662pottered
poured95116742po_ured
powderer14245592powderer
power105325952power__
powers113822322power_s
repowered1544662repowered
rogered939552rogered
roweled11269862roweled
sewered112911242sewered
showered1537012showered
sobered102912432sobered
toweled112410222toweled

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit107671393.40331640.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.81246875.9
 
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