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

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

33 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
bindweeds164286(None) 
bindweed1543791bindweed_
birdfeeds1641792birdfeeds
birdseeds1342242birdseeds
pinweeds1454142pin_weeds
pondweeds1642182pondweeds
bendees103913863bend_ee_s
binders103920743bind__ers
bindles104016453bind_le_s
birdfeed1542443birdfeed_
birdseed1243253birdseed_
blueweeds1542763blueweeds
bullweeds1543203bullweeds
burweeds1434103b_urweeds
cudweeds1542413_cudweeds
daneweeds1442763daneweeds
fireweeds1644023fireweeds
inbreeds11234623_inbreeds
indeed83913563_ind_eed_
indwells1243693_indwells
jointweeds2151293jointweeds
kindreds14274013kind_reds
linseeds944733lin_seeds
midweeks1842383mi_dweeks
milkweeds1942783milkweeds
misdeeds12276813misd_eeds
pigweeds1553143pi_gweeds
pinweed1346933pin_weed_
pondweed1543103pondweed_
richweeds18132813richweeds
silkweeds1742603silkweeds
stinkweeds1881933stinkweeds
windwards1764513windwards

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.78021923.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.21624763.2
 
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