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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 “wallower” 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.

37 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
wallower1415893(None) 
callower13159071callower
hallower14139811hallower
sallower11139501sallower
swallower1554331swallower
walloper13147111walloper
wallowed15148161wallowed
wallowers15127651wallowers
willower14127451willower
allover1038582_allover
allowed111610082_allowed
balloter1078892balloter
bellower13159062bellower
fallowed15127752fallowed
follower14137072follower
galloper11137182galloper
hallowed15179492hallowed
hallowers15137722hallowers
hollower14127392hollower
mellower13167402mellower
sallowed12149032sallowed
shallower1555672shallower
swallowed1663582swallowed
swallowers1653812swallowers
tallowed12157712tallowed
walkover1842942walkover
wallflower1952532wallflower
walloped14146832walloped
wallopers14136272wallopers
wallow123913512wallow__
wallows133613532wallow_s
warpower1645042warpower
willowed15156762willowed
willowers15166692willowers
willowier1563782willowier
willpower1773182willpower
yellower14186212yellower

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059373.47034887.3
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691373.88945947.8
 
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