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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 “bloodshed” 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.

32 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
bloodshed164323(None) 
bloodsheds1742141bloodsheds
blooded11379802blood__ed
bloodied1245972blood_ied
bloodred1234082blood_red
bloodshot1553102bloodshot
woodshed1644212_woodshed
blandished1743333blandished
blemished1763783blemished
blondined1343483blondined
bloodier1136823blood_ier
bloodies11310163blood_ies
bloods94614843bloods___
bloomed12439433bloo__med
blooped12398543bloo__ped
blotched1635653bl_otched
bloused104310643bl_ous_ed
blowsed13449023bl_ows_ed
blushed134411753bl__ushed
boodled113410933b_ood_led
boosted104111983b_oo_sted
brooded113510933brood__ed
flooded12307933flood__ed
loosed75520893_loo_s_ed
sloshed11329823sl_o_shed
smooshed14185993smoo_shed
swooshed15174273swoo_shed
toolshed1244213_toolshed
whooshed1833453whoo_shed
woodsheds1742943_woodsheds
woolshed1553923_woolshed
wooshed14167403_woo_shed

Search took 7 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 Limit148641326.18624028.6
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.62526972.2
 
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