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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 “alcids” 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.

35 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
alcids9481229(None) 
acids87121001a_cids
alcid85817971alcid_
acid77533392a_cid_
acidy117214892a_cidy
aids57846362a__ids
alands75418372alands
alcade91111512alcade
alcades101011472alcades
alcaics1137022alcaics
alcaide1088452alcaide
alcaides11117672alcaides
algid75415582algid_
algins74816432algins
alias55834602al_ias
alifs86121262al_ifs
alkies104518092alkies
alkyds14404362alkyds
allies63827672allies
allods73615082allods
almuds9378772almuds
aloins65022202aloins
amids85627512a_mids
aphids125110842aphids
aroids75118222aroids
avoids104410202avoids
chalcids1635892chalcids
fluids10349422fluids
halids104016132hal_ids
haloids113012552haloids
lids56336462_l_ids
loids66220702_loids
plaids94312442plaids
salpids1038192salpids
sloids73712692sloids

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit82551355.31015546.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691356.01629702.6
 
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