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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 “bridge” 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.

54 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
bridge10371188(None) 
abridge1135691abridge
bride86425531brid_e
bridged12339031bridged
bridges113911331bridges
bridle94115461bridle
fridge11379251fridge
ridge75018671_ridge
abridged1343902abridged
abridger1243802abridger
abridges1245302abridges
badge94819692b_adge
beige81515382bei_ge
bide76041502b_id_e
bilge87618912b_ilge
binge85125512b_inge
birdie94013782birdie
bludge104210972bludge
boride9415902borid_e
brede85520502bred_e
bribe94820782bri_be
bribee104316362bribee
bridal9511452bridal
brides94423512brides
bridled113611142bridled
bridler103811072bridler
bridles104114472bridles
brie65837902bri__e
brig76528032bri_g_
brigs85823222bri_gs
brindle104210102brindle
brine75132272bri_ne
bring85528502bring_
bringer104213352bringer
brings94618432brings
budge94619882b_udge
cringe93515482cringe
dredge9308562dredge
drudge9317902drudge
fidge104516062_fidge
fridges12369482fridges
fringe104013952fringe
gride75223582grid_e
grudge9388582grudge
midge95016552_midge
pride84724732prid_e
ride55945132_rid_e
ridged94014222_ridged
ridgel8399972_ridgel
ridges85817012_ridges
ridgy104110642_ridgy
smidge10378482smidge
triage72812892triage
trudge8318732trudge

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551542.45333653.1
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691542.81263545.9
 
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