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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 “query” 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.

59 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
query17421208(None) 
quern143610401quern
quey164616471que_y
aery77231682_aery
apery106517902apery
beery105220122beery
burry105221562burry
bury95633592bu_ry
curry105920342curry
dupery12378742dupery
eery76129622_eery
emery104814332emery
equerry1943052equerry
every115215452every
faery116015482faery
fiery114714792fiery
furry116719282furry
fury107727972fu_ry
gurry94515412gurry
hurry114917182hurry
jury146719592ju_ry
leery85919132leery
murry105120232murry
onery8414122onery
peery105719442peery
quaere154110672quaere
quaky214310742quaky
quare143920542quare
quark184614122quark
quarry1837472quarry
quart144027852quart
quavery22225482quavery
quay164618352qu_ay
quean143612842quean
queasy1855172queasy
queazy2743572queazy
queen144312062queen
queer143712812queer
queerly1934232queerly
queers153510772queers
quell144311432quell
querns15307942querns
quest144121322quest
queue143711232queue
queys17398362queys
quire144917132quire
quirk184011002quirk
quirky22435532quirky
quirt144624232quirt
quivery22265462quivery
qwerty2133582qwerty
rudery10419032rudery
ruer46127562ruer_
ruers515019412ruers
suer45334032suer_
suers55128482suers
suety85318492suety
veery115816252veery
very108025642_very

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800591.50035866.7
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691591.82997698.7
 
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