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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 “gadding” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

105 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
gadding11341145(None) 
adding93914961_adding
gladding1236301gladding
godding113911941godding
madding123711991madding
padding123412511padding
radding103715001radding
wadding133711941wadding
addling10229832_addling
adzing174110012_adzing
aiding84423612_aiding
auding83616932_auding
badging123712792badging
balding114015062balding
banding114921412banding
barding113822892barding
bedding124114482bedding
bidding123613512bidding
bradding13268932bradding
budding123712402budding
caddying16225062caddying
cadging123610972cadging
carding113922432carding
cladding1337142cladding
codding124014692codding
daddling12258232daddling
dadoing1038522dadoing
fadging134210242fadging
fading114821112fa_ding
farding123716742farding
gabbing133512032gabbing
gabling113514542gabling
gaddi85211632gaddi__
gaddis94211372gaddi_s
gaeing84617222ga_eing
gaffing15379732gaffing
gagging93013522gagging
gaging94718402ga_ging
gaining94015662gaining
gaiting93716582gaiting
galling93921962galling
gaming104622042ga_ming
gamming133112622gamming
ganging103216192ganging
gaoling93314652gaoling
gaping105618922ga_ping
gapping134214782gapping
garbing113613272garbing
garring93116712garring
gashing125119232gashing
gasking134415912gasking
gasping113714362gasping
gassing94216332gassing
gasting95022762gasting
gating84826952ga_ting
gauging10339962gauging
gauming11319712gauming
gawking16398822gawking
gawping14418462gawping
gazing174717172ga_zing
gelding103911792gelding
giddying1533782giddying
gilding103813002gilding
girding103611882girding
gliding103911842gliding
goading103112852goading
godling103513402godling
grading103918712grading
griding103014972griding
guarding1136522guarding
guiding102911842guiding
hading113922942ha_ding
handing123518892handing
jading154214022ja_ding
kidding14389772kidding
lading84227122la_ding
ladling92813392ladling
landing92819322landing
larding92917872larding
lauding93211902lauding
lidding103611432lidding
mudding123310812mudding
nodding103811522nodding
paddings13297012paddings
paddling13218642paddling
podding124113182podding
pudding124010802pudding
quadding2035362quadding
raddling11229772raddling
raiding93617592raiding
readding11411362readding
redding103218512redding
ridding103314192ridding
rodding103814532rodding
saddling11239592saddling
sanding93520602sanding
sodding103712732sodding
tedding103210882tedding
waddings14356472waddings
waddling14237932waddling
waddying17204722waddying
wading114619532wa_ding
warding123918142warding
wedding133411872wedding
yarding123413142yarding

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711053.23633272.9
3Display Results1051050.0462282.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911053.63849117.9
 
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