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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 “thundershower” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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

33 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
thundershower2315149(None) 
thundershowers24171261thundershowers
thunderstone1652233thunderstone_
thunderstones1762163thunderstones
thunderer1344254thunder____er
thunderstorm1861744thundersto_rm
thunderstorms1961594thunderstorms
thunderstroke2161914thunderstroke_
thunderstrokes2271734thunderstrokes
counterpower1965865counter_power
thunderbolt1752025thunder_bo_lt
thunderbolts1851535thunder_bolts
thundercloud1961325thunderclo_ud
thunderclouds2071165thunderclouds
thundered1444575thunder____ed
thunderers1443975thunder____ers
thunderhead1952065thunder_h_ead
thunderheads2051925thunder_heads
thunderous1443615thunder__o_us
thunders1236955thunders_____
thunderstrike2161895thunderstrike
thunderstrikes2261745thunderstrikes
thunderstruck2371385thunderstruck
undercover1645095__under_cover
undergoer1146795__under_go_er
underscore1345805__underscore_
underscored1545145__underscored
underscores1445375__underscores
undershoot1445105__undersho_ot
undershoots1553455__undershoots
undershorts1543695__undershorts
undershot1346895__undersho__t
understeer1145815__unders_teer

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 Filter1786911247900.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit124790338.22015181.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691338.62320722.6
 
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