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

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

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

21 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
waved12522358(None) 
caved116227561caved
eaved95924501eaved
laved95028591laved
paved115525261paved
raved94931431raved
saved95127111saved
waded106024751waded
waged104822781waged
waived134511281waived
waked135626751waked
waled94330991waled
waned95831781waned
wared96339871wared
wave105234731wave_
waver115025701waver
waves115633921waves
wavey145115541wavey
waxed166018481waxed
weaved133913481weaved
wived125121501wived

Search took 2 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 Filter178691287560.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit28756211.09326309.2
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691211.249143067.3