Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “aardwolves” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
aardwolves17194267(None) 
aardwolf1542133aardwol__f
werewolves1951403werewolves
werwolves1841433wer_wolves
absolves1344414_a_bsolves
airdromes1244384airdro_mes
airholes1138034air_hol_es
airwaves1444724air_w_aves
areoles71016954_ar_eol_es
armholes1347384_armhol_es
aureoles838284aur_eol_es
caracoles13310074caracol_es
cardholder1753174cardholder
cardholders1852994cardholders
carioles10817074car_iol_es
carrioles1169474carriol_es
darioles9710694dar_iol_es
farmwives2041784farmw_ives
handwoven1943214handwo_ven
hardcores1545974hardco_res
hardcover1843244hardco_ver
hardcovers1943034hardco_vers
hardnoses1346234hardno_ses
hardwares1646564hardw_ares
hardwires1644644hardw_ires
hardwoods17135514hardwo_ods
ladyloves1641794la_dyloves
parolees104313974par__olees
paroles95025884par__ol_es
presolves1456534_presolves
resolves113010784__resolves
revolves14278624__revolves
tadpoles1135954ta_dpol_es
varioles11711124var_iol_es
wardrobes1583794wardro_bes
wolves124510854____wolves
yardworks2044484yardwo_rks

Search took 12 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 Filter1786911614500.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit1614503711.50314035.5
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)1786913711.66915313.3
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.