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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 “decided” 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.

59 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
decided12431242(None) 
decide104116871decide_
decider114213181decider
decides114217651decides
decoded123212381decoded
derided102914251derided
betided114810202betided
deaired9411532deaired
debited113311622debited
debrided1336582debrided
decade104216162decade_
decades113615512decades
decayed14309332decayed
deceived1535892deceived
decibel1235992decibel
decidedly1743512decidedly
deciders123510752deciders
decidua1144492decidua
decile94619212decile_
deciles104417722deciles
decked145217622dec_ked
declined123910882declined
decode104414742decode_
decoder113712292decoder
decodes113914982decodes
decoyed14358332decoyed
decreed112710252decreed
decried112612852decried
deeded94615542de_eded
defied115016382defi_ed
defiled124013102defiled
defined123813822defined
deiced104214482de_iced
deicide1149402deicide_
deicides1249302deicides
delimed11310722delimed
deluded10158762deluded
demised113613682demised
demoded123611122demoded
denied84318632deni_ed
denimed1159232denimed
denuded10167662denuded
deride84420032deride_
derider93214972derider
derides93420852derides
derived123912762derived
desired9311982desired
deviled124112182deviled
devised123712562devised
divided13378592divided
elided84814672_elided
excided1836202excided
receded112713042receded
recited104319102recited
recoded113115032recoded
redecided1455122redecided
resided95217702resided
seceded11319202seceded
undecided1445982undecided

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit107671595.22020626.6
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691595.49932495.2
 
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