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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 “bawdy” 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.

82 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
bawdy14751328(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
baldy115518931baldy
bandy114824181bandy
bawd105520841bawd_
bawdry15516461bawdry
bawds116115491bawds
bawty135614101bawty
away108024222_away
awny105919302_awny
awry107619682_awry
baby116723682ba_by
bad67763152ba_d_
bade75140882ba_de
badly114918762badly
bads77048862ba_ds
baffy165511922baffy
baggy125615682baggy
bald76432902bald_
baldly12479832baldly
balds85524642balds
balky145418242balky
bally105530102bally
balmy125217472balmy
band76740902band_
banda85223102banda
bands85233422bands
banty106624002banty
bard75648862bard_
barde85330772barde
bards87139642bards
barky145721612barky
barmy125218762barmy
barny105821732barny
bassy1012917102bassy
batty105422242batty
baud74928422baud_
bauds85821042bauds
bawdily1635802bawdily
bawl95326062baw_l
bawls105719322bawls
bay89661642ba__y
beady114719922beady
bendy115017252bendy
biddy124612692biddy
body107425672b_ody
boody115420402boody
brandy124712062brandy
brawly144312352brawly
brawny144710602brawny
buddy124812632buddy
byway1647532byway
caddy125414022caddy
candy115119822candy
daddy116212562daddy
dandy104416702dandy
dowdy136112542dowdy
faddy135511622faddy
fawny144711712fawny
gaudy106611462gaudy
gawky16569992gawky
gawsy12459092gawsy
handy125520872handy
hardy125622062hardy
howdy155711412howdy
lady86527152la_dy
lardy96119272lardy
lawny115912012lawny
paddy125913592paddy
pandy115021172pandy
pardy115523952pardy
pawky173810152pawky
randy95022082randy
rawly115115832rawly
rowdy125711532rowdy
sandy94221132sandy
tardy94720462tardy
tawdry13395252tawdry
tawny114713652tawny
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wa_dy
yawey14458272yawey

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 Filter178691538000.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit53800821.73331044.4
3Display Results82820.0165125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691821.84596851.5
 
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