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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 “holden” 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.

56 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
holden10411395(None) 
golden84411151golden
hodden113811451hodden
hoiden103612331hoiden
holder104619651holder
holpen11299411holpen
hoyden13328931hoyden
olden65114851_olden
beholden1443592beholden
bolder94820932bolder
coden86128542co_den
colder95121852colder
dolmen93911372dolmen
folded114212792folded
folder104317542folder
golder84417602golder
gulden8328762gulden
harden105718532harden
hidden11429742hidden
hoddens12378802hoddens
hoddin11369942hoddin
hoidens11329082hoidens
hold86235062hold__
holders113715902holders
holding123514282holding
holds94623242hold_s
holdup1245182holdup
hole77553392hol_e_
holed95634132hol_ed
holes84748652hol_es
holey115626902hol_ey
holier94921622holier
holies94630032holies
holked144913662holked
holler93520612holler
hooded114616742hooded
horde94623052horde_
horded115420482horded
hordein1138752hordein
hordes104921632hordes
hosen85623882ho_sen
hoydens14347402hoydens
loden66621142lo_den
louden73711792louden
milden94113152milden
molded104414082molded
molder93819272molder
molten83311812molten
older65121172_older
polder94019252polder
pollen83416452pollen
shodden12265762shodden
sodden84011512sodden
soldan73511852soldan
solder73921342solder
wooden103610302wooden

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 Limit82551562.51632810.4
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691562.87562153.4
 
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