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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 “yield” 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.

53 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
yield951969(None) 
bield84614651bield
field95015321field
wield95213911wield
yeld811423871y_eld
yields10466841yields
afield1035952afield
ailed66240282ailed
bields94110002bields
chield124610212chield
died66137852die_d
diel59034602diel_
eld46733792__eld
fields104211042fields
fiend95312982fiend
filed95331902filed
fjeld16465582fjeld
geld65828432_geld
gied64631982gie_d
gild65526512gi_ld
held85330402_held
hied85434042hie_d
lied55838092lie_d
meld75830472_meld
mild75330852mi_ld
oiled64429472oiled
pied75035362pie_d
piled85232992piled
riel46432382riel_
riels55121332riels
riled65833252riled
shield106212972shield
sild55030582si_ld
tied55535212tie_d
tiled64832942tiled
veld85323202_veld
vied86328632vie_d
weld84727732_weld
wields10469622wields
wieldy13476182wieldy
wild85126512wi_ld
wiled95231552wiled
yald86920612y_ald
yauld95511182yauld
yelk115320002y_elk
yell76028322y_ell
yelp95621352y_elp
yid76640832yi__d
yielded12184712yielded
yielder11175112yielder
yill75628972yi_ll
yills83921552yills
yird87018982yi_rd

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800531.58034050.6
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691531.90693751.8
 
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