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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwhitewood” 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.

15 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
whitewood195322(None) 
whitewoods2053121whitewoods
firewood1546303_firewood
latewood1255683_latewood
pinewood1445403_pinewood
whitecomb2151823whitecomb
whited134814083white___d
whitehead1943113whitehead
whitened1535173white_ned
whiteout1445583white_out
whitewall1852773whitewall
whitewash2152703whitewash
whitewing1943853whitewing
wifehood1843593w_ifehood
wildwood1643593w_ildwood

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.876203985.2
2DLD Change Limit148641158.22018082.8
3Display Results15150.0131153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691159.10919617.0