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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 “wielded” 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.

36 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
wielded1221668(None) 
bielded11226711bielded
fielded12206811fielded
welded114013381w_elded
wielder11197671wielder
wilded113714501wi_lded
yielded12184711yielded
fielder11217412fielder
gelded94512112_gelded
gilded94413222gi_lded
melded104714712_melded
milded104416152mi_lded
shielded1334392shielded
wedded123811842w_edded
weeded113914872w_eeded
weirded1234512weirded
welder102914412w_elder
welled103820212w_elled
welted103715822w_elted
wended113616152w_ended
whelmed16375152whelmed
whelped16355632whelped
widdled133511232widdled
wield95213912wiel__d
wielders12196612wielders
wieldier1234282wieldier
wields10469622wield_s
wieldy13476182wield_y
wilder103616472wi_lder
wiled95231552wi_l_ed
willed104722452wi_lled
willied114611562willied
wilted103915712wi_lted
winded114918212wi_nded
windled123713482windled
yielder11175112yielder

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 Filter1786911076710.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit107671363.17333933.5
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.54550406.5
 
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