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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 “founders” 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.

53 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
founders12391167(None) 
bounders114314111bounders
flounders1374611flounders
founder114312571founder_
funders113813931f_unders
hounders123111711hounders
pounders113113281pounders
rounders92613691rounders
sounders93214111sounders
blunders113911342blunders
bonders104120662bo_nders
boulders113010032boulders
bouncers12309352bouncers
bounder104215532bounder_
cofounders1643332cofounders
counters103320192counters
daunders10278472daunders
fenders113717262f_enders
finders113717872f_inders
flinders12439262flinders
flounder1235102flounder_
flunkers15347532flunkers
fodders124010752fo_dders
folders113514392fo_lders
fonder104120062fo_nder_
fondlers12338022fo_ndlers
founded124011422founde_d
foundered1435402foundered
foundry1433912found_ry
founds104814192found__s
funder104016082f_under_
funkers143712062f_unkers
grounders1156782grounders
hounder113412232hounder_
joinders16337202joinders
launders9358742launders
loungers9449002loungers
maunders11348342maunders
moulders11348342moulders
mounters103712502mounters
plunders11329832plunders
ponders103618842po_nders
pouncers12349202pouncers
pounder103314002pounder_
roundels9217752roundels
rounder83514602rounder_
sonders83820712so_nders
sounder83315382sounder_
sunders84120052_sunders
thunders1236952thunders
wonders113315992wo_nders
youngers12336932youngers
younkers15295762younkers

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059533.67032986.1
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691533.84346497.8
 
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