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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 “swordmen” 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.

59 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
swordmen144300(None) 
swordman1443401swordman
swordsmen1542171swordsmen
swordsman1542772swordsman
woodmen1356052_woodmen
workmen1635932_workmen
birdmen1235833_birdmen
boardmen1344073boardmen
bondmen1237893_bondmen
choremen1597603choremen
doormen1036753door_men
foramen12310533_foramen
foremen12412923_foremen
goodmen1135623_goodmen
herdmen13238453_herdmen
rodmen939713_ro_dmen
sandmen1039413s_andmen
seedmen1037683s_eedmen
shodden12265763sho_dden
shopmen14277203sho_pmen
shorten103511413shor_ten
showmen15227173sho_wmen
snowmen12246153sno_wmen
sockmen1535453s_ockmen
socmen1039193s_o_cmen
sodden84011513s_o_dden
sokemen1337053s_okemen
sordine82515233s_ordine
soundmen1145233soundmen
sportsmen1343543sportsmen
stockmen1643923stockmen
stormed1039043stor_med
surfmen1235993s_urfmen
swagmen1334973sw_agmen
swarded1238153sward_ed
swarmed1367483swar_med
swarmer1247803swar_mer
swidden1234233sw_idden
swingmen1443493swingmen
swollen1034263swo_llen
sword95214123sword___
swords104510803sword__s
swore84920823swor__e_
sworn86115313swor___n
warden104515513_ward_en
wiremen1236903_wiremen
women104619253_wo__men
wooden103610303_wood_en
woodhen1454723_woodhen
woodman1336313_woodman
woodsmen1444633_woodsmen
woolmen1234973_woolmen
worded114316623_word_ed
wordier112511213_wordier
workman1635613_workman
wormed124314303_wor_med
wormer114514913_wor_mer
worsen95513873_wor_sen
yardmen1335423_yardmen

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 Filter1786911461620.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit146162597.31319986.6
3Display Results59590.0331787.9
 (SQL Overall)178691597.81222873.9
 
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