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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 “guilds” 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.

41 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
guilds838835(None) 
builds9378491builds
gilds75417521g_ilds
guids75516151gui_ds
guild75312751guild_
guiles73919281guiles
guilts74111231guilts
build84413352build_
gelds75118342g_elds
gids65933732g_i_ds
gild65526512g_ild_
gills64728192g_ills
gilts64924262g_ilts
girds74816992g_irds
golds75421312g_olds
grids75321392gri_ds
grills74314802grills
grinds84511842grinds
guards84611572guards
guid66022822gui_d_
guide75019882gui_de
guides84118282guides
guilder945912guilder
guilders1035512guilders
guile64521132guil_e
guiled84315382guiled
guilt65125572guil_t
guilty10418232guilty
guiros7389092guiros
guises74216312guises
gules64831042gu_les
gulfs94915302gu_lfs
gulls65222982gu_lls
gulps84715072gu_lps
guls55930852gu_l_s
milds86422052_milds
quids154917462qui_ds
quills153811852quills
quilts154112542quilts
silds65520522_silds
wilds94818202_wilds

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.20037523.2
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.56269746.7
 
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