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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 “wields” 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.

46 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
wields1046962(None) 
bields94110001bields
fields104211041fields
welds94719161w_elds
wield95213911wield_
wieldy13476181wieldy
wilds94818201wi_lds
yields10466841yields
bield84614652bield_
chields13507482chields
elds56324852__elds
field95015322field_
fiends104110292fiends
fjelds17414472fjelds
gelds75118342_gelds
gilds75417522gi_lds
melds84822382_melds
milds86422052mi_lds
riels55121332riel_s
shields11538042shields
silds65520522si_lds
velds95615582_velds
wealds10459102wealds
weds86628932w_e_ds
weeds95222212w_eeds
weirds10478052weirds
weld84727732w_eld_
wells85426192w_ells
welts85225192w_elts
wends95822812w_ends
whelks16367322whelks
whelms14377572whelms
whelps14437842whelps
wielded12216682wielded
wielder11197672wielder
wielders12196612wielders
wild85126512wi_ld_
wiled95231552wiled_
wiles85437872wi_les
wills84528962wi_lls
wilts85023502wi_lts
winds95425602wi_nds
woalds10427582woalds
wolds95420182w_olds
worlds10568732worlds
yield9519692yield_

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551463.22025637.0
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691463.56350151.8
 
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