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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 “gulfweed” 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.

30 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
gulfweed164195(None) 
gulfweeds1741741gulfweeds
bullweed1444752bullweed
gulfed114810012gulf__ed
gumweed1433942gu_mweed
agueweed1342173agu_eweed
blueweed1444043blueweed
bugleweed1642463bugleweed
bullweeds1543203bullweeds
burweed1347823bu_rweed
cudweed1444213cu_dweed
duckweed1943023duckweed
glaceed1136193g_laceed
gleed75320573g_l__eed
glowed114913833g_low_ed
glowered1345753g_lowered
golfed11569763golf__ed
guffawed1941623guffawed
gulfier1137793gulf_ier
gulfiest1247943gulfiest
gulled84521373gul__led
gullied93812063gul_lied
gulped104610373gul__ped
gumweeds1542383gu_mweeds
milkweed1843353milkweed
silkweed1643223silkweed
sulfated1238833sulfated
sulfured1236113sulfured
sumpweed1643723sumpweed
unfreed11510123_unfreed

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162307.73618893.7
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.91922564.8
 
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