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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 “soldier” 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.

62 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
soldier8281215(None) 
moldier103110031moldier
solder73921341sold_er
soldiers9277771soldiers
soldiery12254611soldiery
solider82912451solider
bolder94820932bold_er
colder95121852cold_er
collier93618152collier
dowdier12328572dowdier
folder104317542fold_er
folkier14359042folkier
godlier938892godlier
golder84417602gold_er
holder104619652hold_er
holier94921622hol_ier
hoodier113812972hoodier
jollier142911002jollier
joltier14318492joltier
molder93819272mold_er
moodier103212202moodier
mouldier1154962mouldier
older65121172_old_er
oldie6415472_oldie_
oldies7314422_oldies
polder94019252pold_er
rowdier11348592rowdier
sallier73320422sallier
saltier74318632saltier
sandier84017842sandier
scolder103210342scold_er
seedier83513632seedier
shadier113111152shadier
shoddier1334212shoddier
silkier114411642silkier
sillier74017592sillier
siltier73413862siltier
slider73918362s_lider
slier54827242s_l_ier
smolder10327752smold_er
soapier93411712soapier
soddies92312852soddies
soggier93410882soggier
solacer93011102solacer
solderer947182solderer
solders83517772sold_ers
soldi65717202soldi__
soldiered1143762soldiered
soldierly13222902soldierly
solver94016702sol_ver
sonder73623522sond_er
sonsier7711742sonsier
sootier73916612sootier
soppier112711582soppier
sorrier72313732sorrier
soupier93111752soupier
stolider936602stolider
studier82510052studier
sulkier113811962sulkier
woodier113912062woodier
wordier112511212wordier
yolkier14336122yolkier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671623.40631612.2
3Display Results62620.0302066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691623.81246875.9
 
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