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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 “graduands” 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.

36 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
graduands124358(None) 
graduand1143891graduand_
graduals1046202gradua_ls
graduates1147682graduates
badlands1236673_badlands
broadbands1652913broadbands
garlands1038323g_arlands
gradates10510783grad_ates
gradients1145273gradients
gradines103615253grad_ines
gradins93416233grad_in_s
gradual936943gradua__l
gradualism1453253gradualism
gradualist1254253gradualist
gradually1444073gradually
gradualness1352853gradualness
graduate1058083gradua_te
graduated1245893graduated
graduator1144573graduator
graduators1244233graduators
gradus84411223gradu___s
graduses1046453gradu_ses
grandads1136553granda_ds
grandaunts1252943grandaunts
granddads1343463grandda_ds
grands84218243gr___ands
grandstands1452643grandstands
grasslands1243083grasslands
grounds9228313gr_ou_nds
headbands1644343headbands
headlands1444903headlands
radians83013823_radian_s
radiants9259453_radiants
radicands13154673_radicands
yardlands1443583yardlands
yardwands1742683yardwands

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641368.48317522.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.93519999.0
 
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