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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 “bawties” 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.

53 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
bawties12421431(None) 
banties94324761banties
bawdies134613391bawdies
bawtie113812141bawtie_
dawties113312701dawties
babies106123652ba_bies
baddies114017872baddies
baffies153612942baffies
baggies113814852baggies
bailies94120202bailies
baldies105317702baldies
ballies93725742ballies
bandies104124862bandies
baptise1139552baptise
baptises1238922baptises
baptizes2136842baptizes
barbies114519592barbies
barites94322332barites
bastes85330382bast_es
bastiles10313352bastiles
bates75846342ba_t_es
bathes116524832ba_thes
batiks1239372ba_tiks
battier93515712battier
battiest104115552battiest
battiks1337142battiks
battles94517682battles
battues94610192battues
bawbees14337242bawbees
bawdier13378202bawdier
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
bawdries14136842bawdries
beasties102514652beasties
beauties10229522beauties
blasties102113632blasties
booties94124612booties
butties93217952butties
catties94023052catties
dauties83315762dauties
dawtie103011092dawtie_
fatties103018202fatties
gawkies15429122gawkies
hawkies173311242hawkies
laities7320342laities
nasties73520492nasties
panties94230932panties
parties93230862parties
pasties94529812pasties
patties93425142patties
salties73725772salties
tatties74120342tatties
tawnies102812502tawnies
tawpies12309872tawpies

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671533.25033129.5
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691533.65948836.0
 
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