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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 “middy” 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.

70 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
middy12481259(None) 
biddy124612691biddy
giddy115810201giddy
kiddy144910281kiddy
midday13327501midday
muddy123812231muddy
widdy136112181widdy
baddy125016022baddy
buddy124812632buddy
caddy125414022caddy
cuddy125111972cuddy
daddy116212562daddy
diddly12389572diddly
didy99121512di_dy
duddy114911032duddy
eddy93912092_eddy
faddy135511622faddy
fiddly14328482fiddly
fuddy135211152fuddy
idly85617322_idly
kiddo11398952kiddo
lindy96918312lindy
madly115218132madly
mid67354472mi_d_
middays14335662middays
midden104112852midden
middle103414982middle
midge95016552midge
midi75628482mi_di
midis85923412midis
mids76541792mi_ds
midst85922552midst
midway15327152midway
miffy163910202miffy
milady1236612milady
mild75330852mild_
mildly12318242mildly
milds86422052milds
milky144014442milky
milty104720072milty
mincy125817412mincy
mind75434382mind_
minds85427122minds
mingy115520182mingy
minny104518662minny
minty106323902minty
mirky146315522mirky
miry96326752mi_ry
misdo85413182misdo
missy105617562missy
misty106120452misty
mity95528212mi_ty
moldy115014652moldy
moody115017492moody
muddly13418602muddly
neddy10479872neddy
noddy105411202noddy
paddy125913592paddy
piddly13319142piddly
ridgy104110642ridgy
rindy95717392rindy
ruddy104511752ruddy
skiddy1533632skiddy
soddy104210702soddy
teddy10489492teddy
tiddly11308782tiddly
tidy86822422ti_dy
toddy106812422toddy
waddy135312992waddy
windy126118102windy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800701.61033416.1
3Display Results70700.0302333.3
 (SQL Overall)178691701.95391495.6
 
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