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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 “gladdened” 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.

36 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
gladdened134258(None) 
gladdener1252401gladdener
gardened1137002g_ardened
gladded11357452gladd__ed
gladden10376312gladden__
gladdeners1352062gladdeners
gladdens11364462gladden_s
glandered1236342glandered
laddered1136742_laddered
ladened979052_la_dened
maddened1334892_maddened
saddened1135342_saddened
addend9458453__adden_d
bemaddened1751793bemaddened
blackened1845273blackened
cladded12356923cladd__ed
deadened1137233dea_dened
flattened13185303flattened
gadded103913173g_add__ed
gandered112211173g_andered
gardener1037103g_ardener
glaceed1136203gla_ce_ed
glaciered1343883glaciered
gladdening1442693gladdening
gladder10398313gladd__er
gladdest11145843gladde_st
gladding1236303gladdin_g
glistened11174283glistened
hardened1338613_hardened
latened8711923_la_tened
leadened1036153_leadened
loudened1044693_loudened
reddened1136423_reddened
slackened1644243slackened
slandered1137473slandered
soddened1144643_soddened

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641366.17324079.2
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.62526972.2
 
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