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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 “woodwax” 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.

43 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
woodwax214347(None) 
woadwax2142171woadwax
woodbox2043692woodbox
woodman1336312woodman
woodwaxen2351952woodwaxen
woodwaxes2343102woodwaxes
doodad936423dood_ad
doorway1444243doorway
floodway1842683floodway
foodways1844293foodways
footway1635253footway
goodman1135933goodman
roadway1464613roadway
windway1745153windway
woadwaxen2351213woadwaxen
woadwaxes2342323woadwaxes
wood85329383wood___
woodbin1354873woodbin
woodchat1743563woodchat
woodcut1344693woodcut
wooded114213683wood_ed
wooden103610303wood_en
woodhen1454723woodhen
woodie103513613wood_ie
woodier113912063woodier
woodies113517153woodies
wooding123012023wooding
woodland1344603woodland
woodlark1693303woodlark
woodlot1147023woodlot
woodmen1356053woodmen
woods95723033wood__s
woodsia1144173woodsia
woodsias1244923woodsias
woodsman1444793woodsman
woodsy13505923wood_sy
woodwaxens2451383woodwaxens
woodwind1643753woodwind
woodwork1955933woodwork
woodworm1745283woodworm
woody125116883wood__y
woolhat1346043woolhat
woolman1235433woolman

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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027437.05019010.9
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.45323975.7
 
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