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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 “kiddingly” 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.

46 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
kiddingly194297(None) 
bindingly1645402bindingly
girdingly1544402girdingly
kidding14389772kidding__
killingly1744832killingly
middlingly1842322middlingly
noddingly1543782noddingly
sidlingly1445082sidlingly
windingly1745322windingly
abidingly1644543abidingly
bidding123613513bidding__
biddings13397563bidding_s
bitingly1437383bi_tingly
blindingly1743713blindingly
bodingly1536383_bodingly
chidingly1944243chidingly
evadingly1744133evadingly
fittingly1645263fittingly
gibingly1534793gi_bingly
giddily1335073giddi__ly
grindingly1643753grindingly
hedgingly1843573hedgingly
hiddenly1642393hidden_ly
indignly1344563_indignly
jibingly2144433ji_bingly
kingly143511303k___ingly
knowingly2043463knowingly
lidding103611433lidding__
liltingly1345433liltingly
limpingly1794573limpingly
lispingly1584813lispingly
livingly1535633li_vingly
mincingly1745193mincingly
nippingly1743983nippingly
pipingly1635703pi_pingly
pityingly1843953pityingly
ploddingly1842343ploddingly
ridding103314193ridding__
ringingly1445783ringingly
rippingly1744233rippingly
skidding1535463skidding__
undyingly1744163undyingly
willingly1645393willingly
winkingly2044343winkingly
winningly1644413winningly
wittingly1644793wittingly

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641466.75322011.1
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691466.93625762.8
 
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