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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 “avoid” 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.

54 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
avoid9551668(None) 
aroid65428341aroid
avid88325961av_id
avoids104410201avoids
ovoid94811021ovoid
void86220561_void
aboil72217542aboil
acid77533392a_cid
acold86214932acold
acrid86920102acrid
ahold94714252ahold
aid49269082a__id
alcid85817972alcid
algid75415582algid
algoid83011472algoid
aloin55227422aloin
aloud65018072aloud
amid77036352a_mid
aphid115515392aphid
apod78123182apo_d
arid57642712a_rid
aroids75118222aroids
avail8313882avail
avion84218342avion
avo68936232avo__
avoided1235552avoided
avoider1155812avoider
avos77227012avo_s
avow107816462avo_w
avowed1335962avowed
avows114910982avows
azoic162912062azoic
bovid111011622bovid
devoid1189362devoid
droid74218542droid
gadoid9310462gadoid
ganoid8314442ganoid
geoid74215762geoid
haloid104317762haloid
hyoid12612442hyoid
loid55531492_loid
myoid11512992myoid
naevoid1194592naevoid
navaid1037652navaid
nevoid1098792nevoid
ovoids10456922ovoids
pavid115717002pav_id
pyoid11513762pyoid
sloid64619712sloid
valid94618392valid
vapid115614282vapid
vid77241812_v_id
voids95414672_voids
zooid15312102zooid

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800541.61033416.1
3Display Results54540.0134153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691541.95391495.6
 
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