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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 “brindles” 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.

40 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
brindles11371022(None) 
bindles104016451b_indles
bridles104114471bri_dles
brindle104210101brindle_
brindled12407851brindled
trindles93211681trindles
bindle94516262b_indle_
brandies11714562brandies
brandless1236122brandless
brickles162810282brickles
bricoles122610302bricoles
brides94423512bri_d_es
bridges113911332bri_dges
bridle94115462bri_dle_
bridled113611142bri_dled
bridler103811072bri_dler
bridlers11359182bri_dlers
brinded115112052brind_ed
brineless1136242brineless
brines85028852brin__es
brinies93317912brin_ies
bristles101510432bristles
brittles10178652brittles
bundles103515772b_undles
cringles11329462cringles
crinkles14269162crinkles
dindles93817242_dindles
dwindles13366022dwindles
griddles1145752griddles
kindles123614842_kindles
riddles93215022_riddles
rindless92510192_rindless
rundles83214712_rundles
spindles112710352spindles
swindles12319502swindles
trindle83311362trindle_
trindled10388692trindled
trundles9278482trundles
windles113518492_windles
wrinkles15296692wrinkles

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit121059404.71625669.8
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.87536654.6
 
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