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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 “cordwood” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
cordwood156560(None) 
cordwoods16104771cordwoods
corkwood1885211corkwood
corkwoods1964452corkwoods
hardwood16155742hardwood
porkwood1844462porkwood
wormwood1743572wormwood
bogwood1446413bo_gwood
boxwood2045243bo_xwood
cardioid1247443cardioid
cardoon104813813card_oon
coldblood1572523coldblood
coracoid1348153coracoid
corded105923353cord__ed
cordoba1255743cord_oba
cordon95017293cord__on
cordoned12229613cordoned
cordons104415763cord_ons
corduroy1442873corduroy
cordwain1444413cordwain
cormoid12310403cor_moid
coronoid1148943coronoid
deadwood1444843deadwood
dogwood1354913do_gwood
firewood1546303firewood
foreword15118963foreword
godhood1345143go_dhood
hardwoods17135513hardwoods
ironwood1245183ironwood
logwood1255573lo_gwood
porkwoods1973903porkwoods
redwood1236523_redwood
rosewood1245643rosewood
roundwood1443263roundwood
softwood1543863softwood
sourwood1244403sourwood
torchwood1853103torchwood
wildwood1643593wildwood
wordbook1844063wordbook
wormwoods1843283wormwoods

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 Filter1786911461620.470380193.6
2DLD Change Limit146162406.59322169.3
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691407.07925242.4
 
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