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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 “mildew” 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.

41 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
mildew1231904(None) 
milded104416151milded
milden94113151milden
milder93818451milder
mildews13365881mildews
mildewy16353531mildewy
gilded94413222gilded
gilder84415532gilder
melded104714712melded
melder93915812melder
midden104112852midden
midleg1038552midleg
mild75330852mild__
mildens10339932mildens
mildest102812062mildest
mildewed1543762mildewed
mildly12318242mildly
milds86422052mild_s
mile66352572mil_e_
miler75733062mil_er
miles74645072mil_es
milieu8314112milieu
milked134612572milked
milker124814322milker
mille75029132mille_
milled94326172milled
miller84625412miller
milles84526562milles
millet84030742millet
milneb1095952milneb
milted93919942milted
milter84921232milter
minded103817832minded
minder94822502minder
misdrew1335832misdrew
molded104414082molded
molder93819272molder
tilde65017342tilde_
tildes74513962tildes
wilded113714502wilded
wilder103616472wilder

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 Filter178691825510.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit82551412.50033020.4
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.95260532.2
 
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