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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 “guide” 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.

87 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
guide7501988(None) 
glide74521591glide
gride75223581gride
gude65423331gu_de
guid66022821guid_
guided94014111guided
guider84313521guider
guides84118281guides
guids75516151guids
guile64521131guile
guise64717711guise
abide86223712abide
aide56045002_aide
amide86128482amide
aside65122082aside
azide155617162azide
bide76041502_bide
bride86425532bride
chide115321012chide
dude65629662du_de
eide55832242_eide
elide64922642elide
geode7412592geode
gibe75927782g_ibe
gid57047272g_id_
gids65933742g_ids
gie47149542g_i_e
gied64631982g_ied
gite55438612g_ite
give85829352g_ive
glade75121962glade
glede75517832glede
glided94513902glided
glider84614262glider
glides84518862glides
glime85620192glime
gourde8107932gourde
grade75126092grade
grid65829612grid_
grided95117042grided
grides84422362grides
grids75321392grids
grime85021322grime
gripe84622962gripe
gudes74520812gu_des
guiders94111112guiders
guidon837372guidon
guild75312752guild
guilder945912guilder
guilds8388352guilds
guiled84315382guiled
guiles73919282guiles
guilt65125572guilt
guimpe1134722guimpe
guinea737612guinea
guiro63712092guiro
guised84612172guised
guises74216312guises
gulden8328762gulden
gunite7414402gunite
gurge75419782gurge
guyed1049892guyed
gwine95513662gwine
hide85134642_hide
imide85716892imide
juice14311322juice
lude55331642lu_de
nide55535792_nide
nude56626272nu_de
nudie65118672nudie
oxide131210952oxide
pride84724732pride
quid144922352quid_
quids154917462quids
quire144917132quire
quite144621462quite
ride55945132_ride
rude55632782ru_de
side55444492_side
slide64725412slide
snide64318722snide
suede64419752suede
suite54829562suite
tide55237382_tide
unde55825482_unde
vide85432762_vide
wide85235412_wide

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 Filter178691538000.606294869.6
2DLD Change Limit53800873.09317394.1
3Display Results87870.0332636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691873.73247880.8
 
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