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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forshowbreads” 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.

14 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
showbreads195208(None) 
shewbreads1951861shewbreads
showbread1842301showbread_
sowbreads1542851s_owbreads
shewbread1842042shewbread_
shortbreads17131982shortbreads
showerheads2151842showerheads
sowbread1443192s_owbread_
shortbread16132083shortbread_
shortheads1743813shortheads
showboats1743773showb_oats
showered1537013showere_d_
showerers1545073showere_rs
showerhead2051953showerhead_

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 Filter1786911406030.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit140603145.70324654.2
3Display Results14140.016875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691146.15529031.8