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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 “spacewalker” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

27 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
spacewalker225184(None) 
spacewalked2351521spacewalked
spacewalkers2351631spacewalkers
racewalker1952712_racewalker
spacewalk2052462spacewalk__
spacewalks2152222spacewalk_s
cakewalker1852213_cakewalker
pacemaker19104763_pacema_ker
racewalked2052423_racewalked
racewalkers2052443_racewalkers
spacewalking2451533spacewalking
trackwalker1961973trackwalker
cakewalked1951824_cakewalked
cakewalkers1952064_cakewalkers
jaywalker2651904_ja_ywalker
pacemakers20104264_pacema_kers
peacemaker20142654peacema_ker
racewalk1744064_racewalk__
racewalks1843534_racewalk_s
ropewalker1952024_ropewalker
sleepwalker2091874sleepwalker
spaceward1743074spacewa__rd
speaker133311214sp__e_a_ker
specialer1344734spec_ial_er
stonewaller1451794stonewaller
streetwalker1961774streetwalker
trackwalkers2051544trackwalkers

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819278.37317773.7
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691278.79520317.3
 
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