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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 “broadaxes” 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.

32 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
broadaxes194373(None) 
broadaxe1843621broadaxe_
broadax1744452broadax__
bondages1237893b_ondages
boraxes163511633b_o_raxes
bradawls1443673br_adawls
breadboxes22102723breadboxes
breakages1644283breakages
broaches153211623broa_ches
broadbands1652913broadbands
broadcasts1553193broadcasts
broaden10289143broad__en
broadened1364333broadened
broadener1284083broadener
broadeners1383653broadeners
broadens11267243broad_ens
broader103412613broad__er
broadest1138573broad__est
broadleaves1751703broadleaves
broadness1256663broadness
broads94515153broad___s
broadsides1443413broadsides
broadtails1353333broadtails
brocades1358713bro_cades
brockages1844783brockages
brokages1536253bro_kages
bromates12413143bro_mates
broodmares1552723broodmares
gradates10510783gr_adates
radixes15259343_r_adixes
roadies83317443_road_ies
woadwaxes2342323_woadwaxes

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 Limit148641327.08020994.5
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.51623774.7
 
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