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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 “wadding” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

114 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
wadding13371194(None) 
adding93914961_adding
gadding113411451gadding
madding123711991madding
padding123412511padding
radding103715001radding
waddings14356471waddings
waddling14237931waddling
waddying17204721waddying
wading114619531wa_ding
warding123918141warding
wedding133411871wedding
addling10229832_addling
adzing174110012_adzing
aiding84423612_aiding
auding83616932_auding
awarding1356042awarding
badging123712792badging
balding114015062balding
banding114921412banding
barding113822892barding
bedding124114482bedding
bidding123613512bidding
bradding13268932bradding
budding123712402budding
caddying16225062caddying
cadging123610972cadging
carding113922432carding
cladding1337142cladding
codding124014692codding
daddling12258232daddling
dadoing1038522dadoing
fadging134210242fadging
fading114821112fa_ding
farding123716742farding
gladding1236302gladding
godding113911942godding
hading113922942ha_ding
handing123518892handing
jading154214022ja_ding
kidding14389772kidding
lading84227122la_ding
ladling92813392ladling
landing92819322landing
larding92917872larding
lauding93211902lauding
lidding103611432lidding
mudding123310812mudding
nodding103811522nodding
paddings13297012paddings
paddling13218642paddling
podding124113182podding
pudding124010802pudding
quadding2035362quadding
raddling11229772raddling
raiding93617592raiding
readding11411362readding
redding103218512redding
ridding103314192ridding
rodding103814532rodding
saddling11239592saddling
sanding93520602sanding
sodding103712732sodding
swaddling1543812swaddling
swarding1359002swarding
tedding103210882tedding
twaddling1552712twaddling
waddie114013322waddi_e
waddied13358562waddied
waddies124214752waddies
waffing173710242waffing
wafting143911662wafting
wagging133313352wagging
waging114318382wa_ging
waifing142910892waifing
wailing113620902wailing
wairing113414312wairing
waiting113618952waiting
waiving14329632waiving
waking144821382wa_king
waling104525302wa_ling
walking154013302walking
walling113520972walling
waning103623802wa_ning
wanking154216782wanking
wanning113816212wanning
wanting114220172wanting
wapping153514602wapping
waring105029442wa_ring
warking153519572warking
warming133515082warming
warning113717092warning
warping133715182warping
warring113717972warring
washing145119282washing
wasting114422842wasting
wauking153410012wauking
wauling112713112wauling
waving134018202wa_ving
wawling143810962wawling
waxing174215282wa_xing
waxwing2154722waxwing
weddings14355532weddings
wedging13308722wedging
weeding123815212weeding
welding123213252welding
wending123816842wending
whidding1734572whidding
widdling14228742widdling
wilding123814292wilding
winding123517912winding
wooding123012022wooding
wording123014562wording
yarding123413142yarding

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit1076711143.45331181.9
3Display Results1141140.0303800.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911143.87346137.6
 
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