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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 “niggard” 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.

98 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
niggard104494(None) 
niggards1144121niggards
haggard13377182haggard
laggard10347622laggard
niggarded1342642niggarded
niggardly1551922niggardly
nigger89713572nigger_
niggers93111322niggers
niggled10319202niggled
saggard10358952saggard
airward1148133airward
beggar10328223beggar_
beggared1334753beggared
beggars11378223beggars
beggary14316153beggary
bigger104315063bigger_
cigar8911803ci_gar_
cigars9910723ci_gars
diehard1237053diehard
digged104314653digg_ed
digger94616083digger_
diggers104413393diggers
discard11310213discard
eggar7458883_eggar_
eggars8398973_eggars
figged124013893figg_ed
gigged104112293gigg_ed
giggled114010073giggled
gizzard17114203gizzard
guard74415543__guard
haggards14366763haggards
higgled13339073higgled
igged86012763_igg_ed
inboard1037063inboard
inward10310333_inward
izzard15135243_izzard
jaggary19304863jaggary
jigged164412773jigg_ed
jigger155313053jigger_
jiggered1834203jiggered
jiggers164010183jiggers
jiggled17358843jiggled
laggards11307053laggards
liard65418593li__ard
ligand85011293li_gand
lizard16369233li_zard
muggar10316443muggar_
muggars11316643muggars
nagged93916053nagg_ed
nagger84016123nagger_
naggers93812653naggers
nard56634453n___ard
nicad8312613ni_ca_d
niggarding1442353niggarding
niggle83612823nigg_le
niggler93610293niggler
nigglers10307253nigglers
niggles93512203niggles
niggly11418913nigg_ly
nighed113811293ni_ghed
nigher103612753nigher_
nilgai734883nilga_i
nilgais845203nilgais
nilgau735113nilga_u
nilgaus844003nilgaus
nogged95716333nogg_ed
pigged114214153pigg_ed
piggery14266193piggery
regard85215773_regard
rigged94517403rigg_ed
rigger85616713rigger_
riggers93613843riggers
ritard74812083ri_tard
saggar84010853saggar_
saggards11397493saggards
saggared11326063saggared
saggars93610683saggars
seggar8357813seggar_
seggars9377783seggars
sluggard1142613sluggard
snigger9328373snigger_
sniggered1243443sniggered
sniggers10317093sniggers
sniggled11275743sniggled
staggard1144513staggard
unguard955093unguard
unitard838003uni_tard
visard103910123vi_sard
vizard19458853vi_zard
wigged124413583wigg_ed
wiggery15295873wiggery
wiggled13299603wiggled
wizard19377713wi_zard
zigged184110193zigg_ed
zingara1745513zingara
zingare1737143zingare
zingari1745483zingari
zingaro1745123zingaro

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027986.62320236.6
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691987.07925242.4
 
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