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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 “tavern” 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.

54 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
tavern942893(None) 
cavern115312451cavern
taverna10285381taverna
taverns10317801taverns
aver75931882_aver_
avers85127312_avers
avert86029492_avert
casern84713312casern
caver105629062caver_
caverns124510252caverns
cavers115026842cavers
daven94916472dave_n
govern1036822govern
haven114718532have_n
haver115124462haver_
havers124721482havers
klavern1433002klavern
laver85031792laver_
lavers94526362lavers
maven104816892mave_n
paver104225832paver_
pavers115021822pavers
raven84723442rave_n
raver85631492raver_
ravers94628182ravers
saver84831252saver_
savers93825922savers
taber73825822taber_
tabers84621572tabers
taken94819142take_n
taker95229002taker_
takers103923742takers
taler56034862taler_
talers64628142talers
tamein8313092tamein
tamer75230102tamer_
tamers84224032tamers
taper74829772taper_
tapers84025812tapers
tarn46842722ta__rn
tater54138612tater_
taters64932202taters
tavernas11365042tavernas
taverner1134422taverner
tawer85223442tawer_
tawers94118602tawers
taxer125019362taxer_
taxers134015282taxers
tern46134802t__ern
waver115025702waver_
wavers125022472wavers
wavery154610052wavery
wivern12409282wivern
wyvern15363922wyvern

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit82551544.89016881.6
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691545.32633550.7
 
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