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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 “whidding” 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.

31 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
whidding173457(None) 
bidding123613512_bidding
chiding143911592chi_ding
childing15288502childing
hiding114319332_hi_ding
hilding123713532_hilding
kidding14389772_kidding
lidding103611432_lidding
ridding103314192_ridding
shedding14278112shedding
skidding1535462skidding
thudding1433982thudding
wadding133711942w_adding
wedding133411872w_edding
weirding1335592weirding
whiffing2134702whiffing
whiling143511742whi_ling
whingding1833202whingding
whinging16247742whinging
whining143311672whi_ning
whipping19328172whipping
whirling15237162whirling
whirring15286282whirring
whishing18287182whishing
whisking19286612whisking
whisting15329542whisting
whiting143311302whi_ting
whizzing2333382whizzing
widdling14228742w_iddling
wilding123814292w_ilding
winding123517912w_inding

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 Filter1786911210590.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit121059313.51334460.3
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.93545410.7
 
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