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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwold” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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
wold8542907(None) 
bold75432811bold
cold77338771cold
fold86528941fold
gold65430161gold
hold86235061hold
mold76034331mold
old47033461_old
sold54837411sold
told56132201told
weld84727731weld
wild85126511wild
woad85523941woad
woald94813071woald
wolds95420181wolds
wolf105729561wolf
wood85329381wood
word89832001word
world96915361world
would95513151would

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 Filter178691139830.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit13983201.33010513.5
3Display Results20200.0131538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691201.466121890.2