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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 “rowdiest” 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.

38 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
rowdiest1225921(None) 
dowdiest13328951dowdiest
rowdies113112691rowdies_
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
broodiest1237822broodiest
browniest14207122browniest
cowiest123614672cow_iest
crowdies1437562crowdies_
dowdies123412732dowdies_
downiest122710602downiest
drowsiest1334992drowsiest
frowsiest1535062frowsiest
frowziest2443482frowziest
grodiest10310552gro_diest
growliest1335582growliest
hoodiest122413172hoodiest
howdies142911952howdies_
jowliest18247622jowliest
lowliest11229472lowliest
moldiest11249692moldiest
moodiest112712182moodiest
randiest93418772randiest
readiest93719042readiest
reediest92815422reediest
roadies83317442roadies_
rockiest142912222rockiest
roiliest8312282roiliest
rookiest122912172rookiest
roomiest102611992roomiest
rootiest83115592rootiest
ropiest93317772ro_piest
rosiest73919212ro_siest
roupiest102610292roupiest
rowdier11348592rowdie_r
rowdiness1396232rowdiness
ruddiest10278542ruddiest
woodiest123112072woodiest
wordiest122311542wordiest

Search took 5 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 Limit121059384.43627290.1
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691384.84236904.4
 
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