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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 “pondered” 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.

38 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
pondered12641129(None) 
pandered121812571pandered
ponderer112410191ponderer
powdered15256891powdered
wondered13239941wondered
bordered1248932bordered
cindered1239792cindered
dandered112110962dandered
doddered1234942doddered
donnered10307752donnered
fendered13258672fendered
foddered1434552foddered
foundered1435402foundered
gandered112211172gandered
gendered11258872gendered
hindered1339452hindered
moldered1237172moldered
mongered1238952mongered
ordered9108532_ordered
panderer112210912panderer
pioneered1253732pioneered
plundered1344312plundered
ponded105218772pond__ed
ponder94521692ponder__
ponderers12248452ponderers
ponders103618842ponder_s
pondweed1543102pondweed
portered112311542portered
pothered142311042pothered
pottered112311662pottered
powderer14245592powderer
powered132911642po_wered
rendered102512262rendered
soldered1038152soldered
sundered10312152sundered
tendered102510602tendered
wandered132110792wandered
wonderer12249182wonderer

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit121059383.69032807.3
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691384.07643839.8
 
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