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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 “stirrer” 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.

35 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
stirrer733823(None) 
stirred8359701stirred
stirrers8266941stirrers
shirker143711342shirker
shirred113710502shirred
sirree64017342s_irree
skirred12347082skirred
skirret11278172skirret
skirter11338482skirter
smirker13327422smirker
spirier93214072spirier
spurrer93710222spurrer
starer64027362st_arer
starker114114692starker
starred85013452starred
starrier8279462starrier
starter73817882starter
starver104611992starver
steerer73113632steerer
sterner7411912sterner
sticker133515882sticker
stiffer13319392stiffer
stifler102911472stifler
stiller73414292stiller
stinger84314682stinger
stinker113313312stinker
stinter73614512stinter
stirpes95011292stirpes
stirrup943002stirrup
stiver93915732sti_ver
storer64721672st_orer
strider84315722strider
striker113714172striker
striper94514792striper
striver104315202striver

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.23633272.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.62249334.9
 
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