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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search formaids” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

15 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
maids8632713(None) 
aids57846351_aids
amids85627501amids
caids85226421caids
mads76845361ma_ds
maid75537631maid_
mails76037771mails
maims96321781maims
mains75635091mains
mairs76228291mairs
mauds85519271mauds
mids76541771m_ids
qaids156116311qaids
raids65827511raids
saids65328851saids

Search took 4 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 Filter178691287560.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit28756152.15613337.7
3Display Results15150.016937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691152.43873294.1