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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 “plywoods” 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.

44 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
plywoods174435(None) 
plywood1645131plywood_
baywoods1745592baywoods
pulpwoods1742552pulpwoods
baywood1646443baywood_
bloods94614843bl__oods
bluewoods1543803bluewoods
bogwoods1544823bogwoods
boxwoods2144183boxwoods
boyhoods1744883boyhoods
bywords1634283_bywords
dagwoods1444583dagwoods
dogwoods1454483dogwoods
dyewoods1643503dyewoods
earlywoods1752203earlywoods
fatwoods1585953fatwoods
floods104511653fl__oods
gumwoods15123923gumwoods
inkwoods1674083inkwoods
keywords1944323keywords
logwoods1344763logwoods
lycopods1643733_lycopods
milkwoods1943383milkwoods
nutwoods1244263nutwoods
payloads1445293payloads
pearwoods1544543pearwoods
pinewoods1544963pinewoods
placoids1347343placoids
plafonds1443273plafonds
platoons1038683platoons
playbooks2043373playbooks
playrooms1644223playrooms
pleopods1344443pleopods
plods85719293pl___ods
plowboys1842363plowboys
polypods1647113poly_pods
poods85124753p___oods
porkwoods1973903porkwoods
pulpwood1642793pulpwood_
redwoods1345773redwoods
sapwoods1456263sapwoods
slyboots1343383slyboots
wildwoods1743453wildwoods
woods95723033___woods

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162446.17023689.1
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691446.60927037.5
 
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