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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 “biddy” 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.

70 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
biddy12461270(None) 
baddy125016021baddy
buddy124812631buddy
giddy115810211giddy
kiddy144910291kiddy
middy124812601middy
widdy136112191widdy
badly114918762badly
baldy115518932baldy
bandy114824192bandy
bawdy147513282bawdy
beady114719922beady
bendy115017252bendy
bialy105119322bialy
bid67751822bi_d_
bidden104010792bidden
bidder104114862bidder
bide76041512bi_de
bided95424972bided
bider85728382bider
bides85536782bides
bidet84935632bidet
bidi78226602bi_di
bidis86721152bidis
bids75838462bi_ds
biffy164711132biffy
biggy124413132biggy
bigly114814752bigly
bilby124912352bilby
bilgy114713712bilgy
billy105525362billy
bind76234522bind_
bindi85617022bindi
binds86627482binds
bird76128332bird_
birds85421342birds
bitsy104511302bitsy
bitty106119172bitty
body107425682b_ody
boody115420402boody
caddy125414022caddy
cuddy125111972cuddy
daddy116212562daddy
diddly12389572diddly
didy99121522di_dy
duddy114911032duddy
eddy93912102_eddy
faddy135511622faddy
fiddly14328482fiddly
fuddy135211152fuddy
idly85617332_idly
kiddo11398962kiddo
lindy96918322lindy
midday13327502midday
muddy123812232muddy
neddy10479872neddy
noddy105411202noddy
paddy125913592paddy
piddly13319142piddly
ridgy104110652ridgy
rindy95717402rindy
ruddy104511752ruddy
skiddy1533642skiddy
soddy104210702soddy
teddy10489492teddy
tiddly11308782tiddly
tidy86822432ti_dy
toddy106812422toddy
waddy135312992waddy
windy126118112windy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800701.59333772.8
3Display Results70700.0164375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691701.95291542.5
 
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