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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwatthours” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

14 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
watthours154281(None) 
watthour1442891watthour_
watchouts1744042watchouts
authors10311853_autho_rs
faitours1134263fait_ours
santours837183sant_ours
tattooers943633tattooers
warthogs1544823wartho_gs
washouts1445903wa_shouts
watchers163511793watch_ers
watchout1647013watchou_t
withouts1445123w_ithouts
workhours1943193workhours
xanthous1846643xanthou_s

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641146.65622331.9
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691147.07925242.4