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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 “sidedress” 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.

31 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
sidedress114369(None) 
sidedness1146781sidedness
sidedresses1343522sidedresses
address956103_ad_dress
depress10239873__depress
fadedness1445613fadedness
fixedness2043713fixedness
hideless12278713hide_less
idealess935653_idealess
jadedness1844693jadedness
mindedness1445143mindedness
minidress1243583minidress
redress82511873__redress
riderless1044903riderless
seedless9319513s_eedless
seeress7311573s__eeress
shirtdress1441813shirtdress
sidearms1144093sidear_ms
sidednesses1347103sidednesses
sidereal946053side_real
sideroses1047353side_roses
siderosis1045543side_rosis
sidesteps1243623sidesteps
sinewless1244363sinewless
slipdress1242433slipdress
snideness1067683snide_ness
sundress936983s_undress
tideless9269083tide_less
tiredness1036933tiredness
wideness12259473wide_ness
winepress1443633winepress

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641317.48319863.8
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691317.90622601.9
 
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