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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fortightwads” 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.

15 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
tightwads174282(None) 
tightwad1642901tightwad_
bigheads15145653bigh_eads
highroads1743363highroads
highways2144123high_ways
lightwave1952903lightwave
lightwoods1852793lightwoods
nightcaps1743193nightcaps
nightjars2043343nightjars
rightward1743473rightward
tightens12297953tight_ens
tightness1386603tightness
tights104015853tight___s
tightwire16102853tightwire
tightwires17102763tightwires

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641155.97024898.0
3Display Results15150.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691156.37628025.6