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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 “lordly” 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.

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
lordly103875(None) 
loudly1037781loudly
boldly12399422boldly
coldly12459952coldly
floridly1554592floridly
fondly13299042fondly
godly104913292go_dly
goodly11419302goodly
gorily10612502gorily
hardly135112832hardly
lairdly1134912lairdly
lardy96119272lard_y
lewdly1334402lewdly
logily1039832logily
lolly85120662lo_lly
lonely92912472lonely
longly10279602longly
loral55927822loral_
lord55032082lord__
lorded84916732lorded
lords64923502lord_s
lorry86315672lor_ry
lory75931712lor__y
lovely12339712lovely
lowly114113332lo_wly
luridly1196282luridly
oddly1037162_oddly
portly114713402portly
sorely94618012sorely
wordily1437852wordily
wordy126916162word_y
worldly1433992worldly

Search took 3 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 Limit82551322.21637252.3
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691322.55969828.4
 
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