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

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

20 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
wildnesses1415736(None) 
mildnesses1397391mildnesses
wilinesses131911091wilinesses
baldnesses1337652baldnesses
boldnesses1337232boldnesses
coldnesses1338422coldnesses
illnesses937282_illnesses
kindnesses1537212kindnesses
oilinesses101512442oilinesses
oldnesses1037702_oldnesses
vilenesses13310222vilenesses
weirdnesses1545212weirdnesses
wellnesses1335782wellnesses
widenesses1438772widenesses
wildernesses1643622wildernesses
wildness1236202wildne_s_s
windinesses1557812windinesses
wirinesses131811522wirinesses
wisenesses13310822wisenesses
witnesses12219922wi_tnesses

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 Filter1786911088240.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit108824203.09335184.0
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691203.51650822.2