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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 “middlingly” 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.

26 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
middlingly184232(None) 
kiddingly1942972kidd_ingly
middling13249342middling__
middlings14194312middling_s
sidlingly1445082si_dlingly
bindingly1645403bind_ingly
diddling12228743diddling__
fiddling14217873fiddling__
gigglingly1542003gigglingly
girdingly1544403gird_ingly
killingly1744833ki_llingly
maddeningly1951543maddeningly
maudlinly1561833maudlin_ly
meddling13257933meddling__
mincingly1745193mi_ncingly
moilingly1545833m_oilingly
muddling13268593muddling__
nigglingly1642313nigglingly
noddingly1543783nodd_ingly
piddling13208953piddling__
riddling11249443riddling__
smilingly1545733smi__lingly
tinglingly1543023tinglingly
widdling14228743widdling__
willingly1645393wi_llingly
windingly1745323wind_ingly

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603266.29622332.1
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691266.73226543.5
 
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