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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 “bandies” 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.

101 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
bandies10412486(None) 
baddies114017871baddies
baldies105317701baldies
bandied114414301bandied
bandits103814791bandits
banties94324761banties
bawdies134613391bawdies
brandies11714561brandies
candies104125611candies
dandies94121441dandies
pandies104224501pandies
randies84225661randies
babies106123652ba_bies
baddie104114032baddie_
badges103917372ba_dges
baffies153612942baffies
baggies113814852baggies
bailies94120202bailies
ballies93725742ballies
bandages12310632bandages
bandas95120542band_as
banded105223172band_ed
bander93928222band_er
banders104324562banders
bandiness122310242bandiness
banding114921412banding
bandit93821132bandi_t
bandito103710042bandito
banditos11347632banditos
bandogs1138362bandogs
bandores11311602bandores
bands85233422band__s
banes74945582ban__es
bangles103617412bangles
banjoes16317312banjoes
bankits133410152bankits
banshies131110662banshies
barbies114519592barbies
bardes95026932bard_es
bawdier13378202bawdier
bawdiest14398672bawdiest
bawdries14136842bawdries
bawties124214312bawties
beanies93821092bean_ies
beedies10314202beedies
bendees103913862bendees
bendier103111412bendier
bendiest112311982bendiest
bennies93917312bennies
biddies113514492biddies
bindis94614582bindi_s
bindles104016452bindles
birdies104016212birdies
bodies94524142b_odies
boodies103721442boodies
brandied1259112brandied
buddies113914352buddies
bundles103515772bundles
bunnies94415002bunnies
burdies104117562burdies
caddies113718382caddies
candids113812692candids
candied113816022candied
candles104422342candles
daddies103414942daddies
dandier93714572dandier
dandiest103415032dandiest
dandles94218532dandles
fancies124018782fancies
fannies103415642fannies
gaudies9311972gaudies
handier113817442handier
handiest123417772handiest
handles114020652handles
hankies143617762hankies
hardies114923232hardies
indies73822782_indies
laddies93715052laddies
ladies75124882la_dies
lindies8416582lindies
maundies1137852maundies
nancies93516842nancies
nandins8312002nandins
nannies73015202nannies
paddies113715722paddies
pandied113913442pandied
pandits103914212pandits
pansies94521982pansies
panties94230932panties
randier83618472randier
randiest93418772randiest
sandier84017842sandier
sandiest93218682sandiest
sanies63031952san_ies
shandies122714102shandies
tansies74521242tansies
tardies84225862tardies
undies73821962_undies
waddies124214752waddies
wadies105121202wa_dies
zanies153219672zan_ies

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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit1076711013.46631064.9
3Display Results1011010.0333060.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911013.95245215.3
 
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