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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 “cordwain” 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.

34 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
cordwain144441(None) 
cordwains1544151cordwains
cordwainer1652702cordwainer
coxswain2042392coxswain
ordain7810402_ord_ain
certain92612213cer_tain
cocain101315013co__cain
cockswain2052523cockswain
codein94916723co_d_ein
codlin94516443co_d_lin
complain1448763complain
contain9315833co_ntain
corban10314693cor_ba_n
cordage11310063cord_age
cordate10315223cord_ate
cordial10312943cordia_l
cordials1139623cordials
cording113620823cord__ing
cordon95017293cord__on
cordoning1338063cordoning
cordovan1444293cordovan
cordwainers1752583cordwainers
cordwainery2051413cordwainery
cordwood1565603cordwood
corsair937633cor_sair
cortin82423153cor__tin
coxswains2142463coxswains
curtain9319793cur_tain
forewarn14117173forewarn
hordein1138753hord_ein
jordan1468063jord_a_n
mortmain1244573mortmain
ordains879653_ord_ains
reordain9135573reord_ain

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162347.75018859.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691348.18921820.9
 
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