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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 “sieur” 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.

51 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
sieur591189(None) 
sieurs659041sieurs
bier65531842bie_r
diseur738842diseur
kier86526822kie_r
lier45942472lie_r
lieu46534372lieu_
lieus56218482lieus
osier53518012osie_r
pier66035302pie_r
scaur75814912scaur
scour75315532scour
sear47353842s_ear
seer45547042s_eer
ser36752402s_e_r
shear85424832shear
sheer84726892sheer
shier85428942shie_r
siddur834572siddur
siege66718442siege
sierra637312sierra
sieve84918842sieve
siker95326032siker
simar74920812simar
sinus55523852sinus
sir35746682si__r
sirup74014912sirup
sitar54820542sitar
situp74414062situp
situs55019232situs
siver85728612siver
sizar145214992sizar
sizer145521812sizer
skier95119602skie_r
slier54827242slie_r
slur45525152s_lur
smear74416392smear
sneer54919952sneer
sour45935892s_our
spear75821062spear
speer74623902speer
speir75315362speir
spier75728032spie_r
spur65321192s_pur
steer55423862steer
stour54916742stour
suer45334032sue_r
swear85316852swear
sweer84918572sweer
tier44936152tie_r
vier75428162vie_r

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800511.71631352.0
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691512.06286659.1
 
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