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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 “bombardiers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

40 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
bombardiers185156(None) 
bombarders17153201bombard_ers
bombardier1752101bombardier_
bombarder16143582bombard_er_
boarders11408623bo__ard_ers
bombarded17123633bombard_e_d
bombarding1843833bombardi_ng
bombardment2062373bombardment
bombardments2151713bombardments
bombardons1752053bombard_ons
bombards1536493bombard___s
bombasters1643713bomba_sters
ambaries123312384_ambar_ie_s
barriers104311884___barriers
bastardies1365144bastardie_s
biomarkers1842654biom_ar_kers
boarder103910324bo__ard_er_
boardings13296064bo__ardings
bobberies12107894bobber_ie_s
bombard1437334bombard____
bombardon1652164bombard__on
bombaster1543804bomba_ster_
bombazines2582384bomba_zines
bombers134512594bomb____ers
borders104317534bo___rd_ers
boulevardiers1913914boulevardiers
bouvardias1651604bouvardi_as
boxberries2143804boxberrie_s
brigadiers1442154briga_diers
combaters1538114comba__ters
commandeers18123184commandeers
commanders17146684command_ers
comparers15319394compar__ers
embodiers1443754_emb_odiers
emborders1444574_embord_ers
forwarders1743444forward_ers
hoarders12307434ho__ard_ers
marriers103312474__m_arriers
noncarriers1352894noncarriers
pomanders1436224pom_and_ers

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819408.84316829.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691409.28219251.3
 
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