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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 “woads” 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.

187 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
woads9481844(None) 
goads77022851goads
loads65323371loads
roads66523621roads
toads65621071toads
wads87343141w_ads
woad85523941woad_
woalds10427581woalds
wolds95420181wolds
woods95723031woods
words95425071words
ads49755732__ads
bads77048862_bads
beads85429502beads
boards94616932boards
boars75229602boars
boas66150832boa_s
boats75635152boats
bods76244712bo_ds
bolds85825282bolds
bonds86126842bonds
brads85528292brads
broads94515152broads
cads76144522_cads
chads116122232chads
clads85722732clads
coals76129602coals
coats75635002coats
codas84724242codas
cods76848102co_ds
coeds85920162coeds
colds85726972colds
cords86030622cords
dads67442772_dads
deads75726912deads
doats65224882doats
duads76515342duads
dyads10549972dyads
egads74610922egads
fads86939872_fads
foals85721692foals
foams105017952foams
folds95221692folds
fonds95824822fonds
foods95924162foods
fords95328182fords
gads67843382_gads
glads75620612glads
goad66830982goad_
goals65521292goals
goas55239942goa_s
goats65527302goats
gods65438042go_ds
golds75421312golds
gonads84511732gonads
goods75124482goods
gowds105814042gowds
grads75625752grads
heads95127112heads
hoards104912622hoards
hoars85925552hoars
hodads1147962hodads
hods87239862ho_ds
holds94623242holds
hoods95124082hoods
koans95818622koans
koas85635092koa_s
lads56549132_lads
leads66028492leads
load56730602load_
loafs85616992loafs
loams75619862loams
loans56026462loans
loids66220702loids
lords64923502lords
mads76845372_mads
meads85425322meads
moans74624372moans
moas65545342moa_s
moats75827642moats
mods77945052mo_ds
molds85324832molds
monads94515302monads
moods85224622moods
nods55838222no_ds
nomads94711602nomads
oafs76425262_oafs
oaks86527902_oaks
oars46846032_oars
oats46554212_oats
odas57230262_odas
odds68919922_odds
ods47546212_o_ds
olds55926572_olds
ouds56430102_ouds
pads76742952_pads
pods76540152po_ds
ponds85323402ponds
poods85124752poods
quads154515842quads
rads56046602_rads
reads64835272reads
road56332112road_
roams74919612roams
roans54926442roans
roars55622242roars
rods56442062ro_ds
roods65125282roods
scads85419962scads
shads95124482shads
soaks95220292soaks
soaps75120712soaps
soars54732512soars
sodas64123542sodas
sods54940212so_ds
sords64527802sords
swords104510802swords
tads57143942_tads
toad55830182toad_
toady96814342toady
tods56141842to_ds
voids95414672voids
wabs97337232w_abs
wad77053892w_ad_
wade85237062w_ade
wades95634142w_ades
wadi86228172w_adi
wadis95223962w_adis
wady115324992w_ady
waes76048602w_aes
wags86140552w_ags
wands96425482wands
wans76452272w_ans
waps96642082w_aps
wards97734402wards
wars78659802w_ars
was68767562w_a_s
wats77555882w_ats
waws106834902w_aws
ways107737952w_ays
wealds10459102wealds
weals85428742weals
weans85326742weans
wears86030302wears
weds86628932w_eds
weeds95222212weeds
welds94719162welds
wends95822812wends
whams135515642whams
whaps135115162whaps
whats117718992whats
whids125413982whids
wilds94818202wilds
winds95425602winds
woaded115211602woaded
woald94813072woald
woes76440662wo_es
wogs86531402wo_gs
woks116224902wo_ks
wold85429072wold_
wolfs116214162wolfs
womans114613652womans
wombs125813342wombs
wonks124818342wonks
wons74942042wo_ns
wonts87621542wonts
wood85329382wood_
woodsy13505922woodsy
woody125116882woody
woofs114918002woofs
wools84421462wools
woops104917522woops
woos76238802wo_os
wops96634152wo_ps
word89832002word_
wordy126916162wordy
works125621902works
worlds10568732worlds
worms105320762worms
worts88631182worts
wos66953532wo__s
wots76342892wo_ts
wounds103811632wounds
wows104633492wo_ws
wraps105617152wraps
wynds126310372wynds
yods86531182yo_ds

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001871.59333772.8
3Display Results1871870.0464065.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911871.94991683.4
 
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