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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 “wealds” 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.

59 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
wealds1045910(None) 
weald95615021weald_
weals85428741weal_s
welds94719161we_lds
woalds10427581woalds
balds85524642_balds
beads85429502bea_ds
beards94116672beards
deads75726912dea_ds
deals65435342deal_s
elds56324852_e_lds
gelds75118342ge_lds
heads95127112hea_ds
heals85733452heal_s
heralds1137712heralds
leads66028492lea_ds
meads85425322mea_ds
meals75933372meal_s
melds84822382me_lds
peals75235492peal_s
readds84111642readds
reads64835272rea_ds
reales64934122reales
realms84913492realms
reals55038652real_s
scalds94813692scalds
seals54839692seal_s
skalds11437832skalds
teals56234132teal_s
veals84926192veal_s
velds95615582ve_lds
wads87343142w_a_ds
wales86142832w_ales
walks126218502w_alks
walls85529382w_alls
wands96425482w_ands
wards97734402w_ards
weal75838682weal__
wealth12379222wealth
wealths13365812wealths
weans85326742wea_ns
wears86030302wea_rs
weaves123616372weaves
weds86628932we__ds
weeds95222212we_eds
weirds10478052weirds
weld84727732we_ld_
wells85426192we_lls
welts85225192we_lts
wends95822812we_nds
whales124716942whales
wheals124512522wheal_s
wields10469622wields
wilds94818202w_ilds
woads94818442woa_ds
woald94813072woald_
wolds95420182w_olds
worlds10568732worlds
zeals145320852zeal_s

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 Filter178691825510.340525561.8
2DLD Change Limit82551592.51632810.4
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691592.87262218.3
 
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