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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 “droids” 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.

64 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
droids8471258(None) 
aroids75118221aroids
droid74218541droid_
droits74314311droits
druids8368091druids
androids1047752androids
aroid65428342aroid_
avoids104410202avoids
braids95015692braids
broads94515152broads
broils84114172broils
bromids12278602bromids
broods95416382broods
crowds124910762crowds
dermoids1246162dermoids
dioxids1655682dioxids
doits66223672d_oits
dories75232362dories
drails74716952drails
drains73719402drains
dreads84115022dreads
dreidl835232dreidl
dreidls934052dreidls
dribs85115062dr_ibs
dries64733672dr_ies
drips85417232dr_ips
droit65127122droi_t
drolls75312392drolls
drones75023432drones
drools74412812drools
droops95110962droops
drops85719502dro_ps
dross65418092dro_ss
drouks1137122drouks
droves105116672droves
drownds12346152drownds
drowns105612332drowns
druid74111322druid_
dryads11436622dryads
fronds106412342fronds
geoids8369842geoids
grids75321392gr_ids
groins73917202groins
hydroids1647762hydroids
hyoids1377672hyoids
irids66417772ir_ids
loids66220702_loids
oroide7311702oroide
oroides8311972oroides
ovoids10456922ovoids
prods85523552pro_ds
raids65827512_raids
rids56539552_r_ids
roads66523622_roads
rods56442062_ro_ds
roils54826792_roils
roods65125282_roods
sloids73712692sloids
toroids8310642toroids
trois57226092troi_s
ursids737822ursids
viroids1137922viroids
voids95414672_voids
zooids1637092zooids

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551642.64331233.8
3Display Results64640.0134923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691642.99959583.5
 
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