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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 “tawdriest” 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.

57 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
tawdriest1314329(None) 
tawdries12136081tawdries_
bawdiest14398672bawd_iest
bawdries14136842bawdries_
tardiest93515242tard_iest
tarriest83215002ta_rriest
tawdrier12133432tawdrie_r
tawdriness1482842tawdriness
tawniest11279342taw_niest
toweriest1246532toweriest
addrest958633_addr_est
aeriest73924053_a_eriest
airiest74221013_a_iriest
angriest9310253_angriest
bawdies134613393bawd_ies_
bawdrics16153273bawdrics_
dandiest103415033dand_iest
dowdiest13328953dowd_iest
driest74722753___driest
faddiest1338113fa_ddiest
fawniest14287443faw_niest
gaudiest1039393gaud_iest
gawkiest16327313gaw_kiest
hairiest11612463ha_iriest
handiest123417773hand_iest
hardiest123416333hard_iest
lardiest93813883lard_iest
paltriest1138603paltriest
pawkiest17277883paw_kiest
randiest93418773rand_iest
rowdiest12259213rowd_iest
sandiest93218683sand_iest
savoriest1246613savoriest
starriest9159763sta_rriest
tackiest143112433ta_ckiest
talkiest123611223ta_lkiest
tangiest92915223ta_ngiest
tangliest1068423tangliest
tardies84225863tard_ies_
tarries73324263ta_rries_
tartest72517533ta__rtest
tartiest82718313ta_rtiest
tastiest83216633ta_stiest
tattiest83415383ta_ttiest
tawdrily1542733tawdri_ly
tawnies102812503taw_nies_
tawpies12309873taw_pies_
teariest82417263t_eariest
tidiest83514873t_id_iest
twangiest1355223twangiest
twiniest1147153t_winiest
twirliest1234503t_wirliest
unwariest1246033unwariest
wariest105122503__wariest
wateriest12312233wateriest
wiriest103816853__wiriest
wriest94419713__w_riest

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641576.25323771.1
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691576.68626726.1
 
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