Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bastardy” 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.

49 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
bastardy1432600(None) 
bastard103012421bastard_
bastardly15264291bastardly
bastards113310311bastards
bustard10389722bustard_
bustards11308512bustards
custardy14314902custardy
dastard9279702dastard_
dastardly14273802dastardly
dastards10278082dastards
mustardy14265052mustardy
astray95615543_ast_ray
autarky1444703_autarky
balladry1444213balladry
basally1237963bas_ally
basilary1345073basilar_y
bastardies1365143bastardies
bastardise1383563bastardise
bastardize2263093bastardize
basted95227233bast_ed_
baster85333603baster__
basters94930313baster_s
battery124911823batter_y
bayard124411663ba_yard_
bayards13379683ba_yards
bestiary1344813bestiar_y
brassard1144683brassard_
brassards1244063brassards
castaway1664573castaway
costard104113353costard_
costards113510803costards
custard10389973custard_
custards11338393custards
datary10310243da_tar_y
easterly11246643easterly
eastward1244993eastward_
eastwards1344253eastwards
lactary1237853lactar_y
masterly13317653masterly
mastery124214323master_y
mustard10359533mustard_
mustards11297883mustards
pastorly1345783pastorly
pastry114913033past_r_y
starry94911673__starry
sturdy1037043__sturdy
tardy94720463___tardy
wastery134610993waster_y
wastry12388773wast_r_y

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162498.69016819.6
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691499.13919552.6
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.