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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbackhandedly” 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.

17 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
backhandedly286124(None) 
backhanded23114662backhanded__
backhander22144943backhande__r
backhanders23123803backhande_rs
backhand2047434backhan__d__
backhanding2453764backhand_ing
backhands2146304backhan__d_s
backhauled2253254backhauled__
backwardly2552574backwa__rdly
barehanded1743444barehanded__
blackhander2363024blackhande__r
blackhanders2462404blackhande_rs
evenhandedly2371114evenhandedly
forehandedly2361614forehandedly
freehandedly2361384freehandedly
offhandedly256944_offhandedly
openhandedly2281174openhandedly

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 Filter1786911247900.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit124790177.08017625.7
3Display Results17170.0161062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691177.49923828.6