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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 “killdeers” 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.

33 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
killdeers146245(None) 
killdeer1362941killdeer_
killdees1373961killdee_s
killdee1266222killdee__
killers114215582kill__ers
balladeers1342523balladeers
billers94720833bill__ers
billeters1136873billeters
fielders12156773field_ers
fillers104320213fill__ers
gilders94212463gi_ld_ers
gillers84216903gill__ers
hillers103718733hill__ers
kidders13399173ki__dders
killer104917953kill__er_
killies113318113kill_ie_s
kiloliters1442933kiloliters
kilometers1686653kilometers
kilters113813603ki_l_ters
kindlers13318483ki_ndlers
millers93621343mill__ers
milliers102611903mill_iers
milliners11289953milliners
pillagers12276923pillagers
sillers73822103sill__ers
tillers73418743till__ers
villagers13296153villagers
welldoers1343193welldoers
wielders12196613wield_ers
wilders113513503wi_ld_ers
willers103517913will__ers
willowers15166693willowers
yielders12164743yield_ers

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit148641336.55022693.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.96625651.9
 
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