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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 “midget” 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.

35 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
midget10371845(None) 
fidget114216481fidget
midge95016561midge_
midges103516481midges
midgets113910251midgets
midgut103510051midgut
nidget83715641nidget
widget113815261widget
bidet84935632bid_et
budget104618122budget
fidge104516072fidge_
fidged124610932fidged
fidges114114392fidges
fidgets12388762fidgets
fidgety15384892fidgety
gadget93616182gadget
midden104112852midden
midguts11296012midguts
midleg1038552midleg
midst85922562mid_st
might113827082mi_ght
millet84030742millet
mindset10313342mindset
minuet82621032minuet
mismet103722372mismet
misset85028152misset
nidgets9358142nidgets
ridge75018682ridge_
ridged94014222ridged
ridgel8399972ridgel
ridges85817012ridges
smidge10378482smidge_
smidgen11426512smidgen
smidges11448192smidges
widgets12318452widgets

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551352.15638289.0
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.52970656.8
 
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