Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bellworts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
bellworts144537(None) 
bellwort1348771bellwort_
bollworms1643862bollworms
felworts1445952fe_lworts
allsorts844923_allsorts
awlworts1443593_awlworts
ballots94116033ball_o_ts
beadworks1945723beadworks
belabors1236403belabor_s
bellbirds1443173bellbirds
bellboys1544523bellbo_ys
bellhops1544873bellho_ps
bellowers14177623bellowers
bellows124313303bell_o_ws
beworms1437933be__worms
blowouts1344323b_lowouts
bollworm1544813bollwor_m
buhlworks2163183buhlworks
bullhorns1443963bullhorns
bullpouts1343193bullpouts
coleworts1445863coleworts
eelworms1344563_eelworms
felwort13410583fe_lwort_
fleaworts1543663fleaworts
heliports14104223heliports
leadworts1344733leadworts
mealworms1644443mealworms
milkworts1843443milkworts
millworks1845093millworks
pileworts1495353pileworts
quillworts2251983quillworts
saltworts1244643saltworts
sellouts837493sell_outs
shellworks2043143shellworks
teleports1145453teleports

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641357.20320636.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.64223382.8
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.