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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 “studies” 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.

40 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
studies8241386(None) 
studdies10207071studdies
studied9268691studied
studier82510051studier
studiers9236621studiers
studios8256641studios
sturdies92110271sturdies
etudes73811602etud_es
gaudies9311972gaudies
nudies75217092_nudies
restudies10156032restudies
sauries72821622sauries
sludges93811992sludges
smudges11348282smudges
soddies92312852soddies
stades74626242stad_es
stadias8411112stadias
steadies9311122steadies
sties55132982st__ies
stimies9316562stimies
stodges9309082stodges
stogies8413692stogies
stories7324272stories
strides84520392strides
studded10236872studded
studdie9195272studdie_
studio7247132studi_o
studious9245552studious
studlier935472studlier
studliest1036572studliest
studs64415872stud__s
stupes84116952stu_pes
stupids1035272stupids
sturdied10215962sturdied
sturdier9216962sturdier
sturdiest10207392sturdiest
stymies1239212stymies
sudses74114502s_udses
tidies74721832_tidies
todies74223552_todies

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671403.47031029.1
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.84346497.8
 
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