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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 “woodchucks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
woodchucks255125(None) 
woodchuck2451321woodchuck_
woodcocks2143272woodc_ocks
woodblocks2252213woodblocks
woodchats1842693woodch_ats
woodcock2043313woodc_ock_
woodcuts1443593woodc_u_ts
bodychecks2751354bodychecks
boychicks2542604_boychicks
chucks174812934____chucks
coldcocks1742544coldc_ocks
cookshacks2052334cookshacks
forechecks2462524forechecks
geoducks1642284geod__ucks
moorcocks1942774moorc_ocks
numchucks2251384_numchucks
saltchucks21151464saltchucks
upchucks2141704__upchucks
woodblock2152364woodblock_
woodchat1743564woodch__at
woodcrafts1952014woodcrafts
woodcut1344694woodc_u__t
woodhens1534104wood_h_ens
woodlarks17103134wood_larks
woodruffs1951374wood_ruffs
woodsheds1742944woodsh_eds
woodworks2045584wood_works
woolpacks2042594woo_lpacks
woolsacks1842954woo_lsacks

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 Filter1786911614500.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit161450299.22017510.8
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691299.68918442.7
 
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