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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 “dwindles” 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.

30 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
dwindles1336602(None) 
dindles93817241d_indles
dwindle12415881dwindle_
dwindled14385021dwindled
swindles12319501swindles
windles113518491_windles
bindles104016452_bindles
brindles113710222brindles
dandles94218532d_andles
diddles103915072d_iddles
dindle84417222d_indle_
dindled104412722d_indled
dingles93818322d_ingles
dwines105013102dwin__es
kindles123614842_kindles
spindles112710352spindles
swindle11389182swindle_
swindled13307622swindled
swindler12257722swindler
swindlers13306032swindlers
swingles12319542swingles
trindles93211682trindles
twiddles13265612twiddles
twinkles1535072twinkles
widdles123514342_widdles
windle104617952_windle_
windled123713482_windled
windless123310862_windless
winkles143412772_winkles
wintles103414982_wintles

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059303.18637997.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.59249746.9
 
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