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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 “devoid” 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.

31 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
devoid118936(None) 
devoir1076031devoir
nevoid1098791nevoid
adenoid959252adenoid
avoid95516682_avoid
ceboid11310652ceboid
deltoid938572deltoid
demoed103713442demoed
dentoid9310662dentoid
dermoid1138522dermoid
desmid1048362desmid
desmoid1137102desmoid
devein1039142devein
devil94714732dev_il
devoice13347342devoice
devoiced15276062devoiced
devoirs1175782devoirs
devon95113682devo_n
devons104512252devons
devote104513782devote
devoted124111092devoted
devour1076702devour
devout10712992devout
droid74218542d_roid
geoid74215762ge_oid
hemoid12313512hemoid
keloid11812622keloid
meloid9616002meloid
naevoid1194592naevoid
ovoid94811022_ovoid
void86220562__void

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551312.65631080.9
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.01559267.3
 
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