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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 “twirp” 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.

40 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
twirp1046894(None) 
twerp10398411twerp
twirl85011941twirl
twirps11415011twirps
chirp124717162chirp
stirp76815502stirp
swirl84514142swirl
tarp66936412t_arp
thir76420542thir_
third95912492third
thirl85416822thirl
thorp104414262thorp
thrip103012182thrip
tip56551222t_i_p
tire46143352t_ire
tirl45029922t_irl
tiro46832362t_iro
trip66830392tri_p
twerps11345152twerps
twice104711122twice
twier84713292twier
twiers95410162twiers
twig87615772twi_g
twigs96911172twigs
twill85612722twill
twin76023082twi_n
twine85822362twine
twins85118982twins
twiny116012812twiny
twirls9478122twirls
twirly12427082twirly
twist86820982twist
twit76329062twi_t
twits86015792twits
twixt155512482twixt
warp95635002_warp
wimp115521522_wimp
wire75839812_wire
wiry106422832_wiry
wisp97124072_wisp

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800401.75030742.9
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691402.07686074.7
 
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