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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 “welders” 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.

105 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
welders11331341(None) 
elders74817301_elders
gelders93812571gelders
melders103213911melders
wedders123610721wedders
weeders113412931weeders
welder102914411welder_
weldors11238001weldors
welters103516061welters
wielders12196611wielders
wilders113513501wilders
alders74218422_alders
beaders104120182beaders
bedders113513382bedders
beliers94617382beliers
belters93819412belters
benders104021062benders
ceders93817672ce_ders
deluders10156432deluders
delvers113411992delvers
dwellers12356082dwellers
eiders74321362_eiders
elder64020022_elder_
eluders8409902_eluders
elvers93814982_elvers
enders74324052_enders
feeders113712862feeders
fellers104117542fellers
fenders113717262fenders
fielders12156772fielders
folders113514392folders
gelder84613712gelder_
genders93616782genders
gilders94212462gilders
headers113819392headers
heders104119762he_ders
heeders114213742heeders
hellers103619832hellers
helpers123311852helpers
herders113914122herders
holders113715902holders
kelters113813752kelters
leaders83819602leaders
lenders84419642lenders
melder93915812melder_
melters93918312melters
menders103818802menders
molders103315552molders
needers84111902needers
pedlers103013272pedlers
pelters93720312pelters
polders103617372polders
readers83823772readers
redders93615342redders
reliers75519212reliers
renders83821672renders
seders74420282se_ders
seeders83017112seeders
sellers73721312sellers
senders83022352senders
solders83517772solders
swelters113110192swelters
tedders94010232tedders
telfers10299072telfers
tellers73717592tellers
tenders83719722tenders
venders113717002venders
wadders123812442wadders
waders109120642w_aders
walers94824462wal_ers
walkers143411472walkers
wanders114221332wanders
warders113416812warders
weaners104613832weaners
wearers104615902wearers
weavers133714462weavers
webers11310942we_bers
wedder113612302wedder_
wedels103811032we_dels
weeder103315512weeder_
weepers123511972weepers
weevers13379992weevers
weiners103913062weiners
welchers16338052welchers
welded114013382welde_d
weldless12285812weldless
weldor10317652weldor_
welds94719162weld__s
welldoers1343192welldoers
welshers14246812welshers
welter93417382welter_
westers105221962westers
wethers135214692wethers
wetters103817752wetters
widders123512272widders
wielder11197672wielder_
wilder103616472wilder_
willers103517912willers
winders113721262winders
wolfers13409632wolfers
wolvers13349312wolvers
wonders113315992wonders
yellers103912952yellers
yelpers12348202yelpers
yielders12164742yielders

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit1076711053.32632372.5
3Display Results1051050.0462282.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911053.74847676.4
 
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