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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 “madden” 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
madden10391252(None) 
madded113513551madded
maddens11359751maddens
madder103515591madder
madmen113511741madmen
maiden93512281maiden
midden104112851midden
sadden83212401sadden
added84918432_added
addend9458452_addend
adder75419592_adder
admen84516182_admen
badder103817512badder
badmen114613832badmen
bemadden1443112bemadden
bidden104010792bidden
gadded103913172gadded
gadder93714712gadder
garden84215082garden
gladden10376312gladden
harden105718532harden
hidden11429742hidden
hodden113811452hodden
ladder84617622ladder
laden65022192la_den
maddened1334892maddened
madders113513212madders
maddest112311212maddest
madding123711992madding
made75440252ma_de_
madman113712392madman
madre85720172madre_
madres93718182madres
maidens10349662maidens
marten84518262marten
maven104816892ma_ven
middens11379382middens
milden94113152milden
mudded114511382mudded
mudder104413492mudder
mudhen1236882mudhen
padded114113502padded
padder103415492padder
radded94716492radded
redden83613622redden
ridden83511722ridden
saddens9309602saddens
sadder82916972sadder
sodden84011512sodden
sudden83310832sudden
wadded124014172wadded
wadder114215482wadder
warden104515512warden

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551532.46633475.7
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691532.85862523.1
 
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