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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 “birdseed” 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.

61 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
birdseed124325(None) 
birdfeed1542441birdfeed
birdseeds1342241birdseeds
bindweed1543792bindweed
birded104414302bird__ed
birdfeeds1641792birdfeeds
birdied11329432bird_ied
birdseye1441642birdseye
birdseyes1541552birdseyes
burseed1049502bur_seed
airshed11258533air_shed
airspeed1143603airspeed
barded105426423bard__ed
berseem1166463ber_seem
biased94012223bi_as_ed
biassed10418703bi_assed
bided95424963bi_d__ed
bilsted1038033bi_lsted
bindweeds1642863bindweeds
biopsied1344593biopsied
birched15349913bir_ched
birder94915493bird__er
birders103913263bird_ers
birdie94013783bird_ie_
birdies104016213bird_ies
birdlimed1542043birdlimed
birdmen1235833bird_men
birds85421333birds___
birdshot1444193birdshot
birdsong1272563birdsong
birled94416993bir__led
birred94713203bir__red
birse74517403bir_s_e_
birses84717733bir_s_es
birthed13228593bir_thed
bordered1248933bordered
brassed103612373b_rassed
breed85526693b_r__eed
bridged12339033brid_ged
bridled113611143brid_led
brisked144210003b_risked
brushed133811213b_rushed
bugseed1136173b_ugseed
burdened1236423burdened
burseeds1134783bur_seeds
bursted1039423bur_sted
burweed1347823bur_weed
fireweed1545353fireweed
girded93712493gird__ed
girdled10217453gird_led
hirseled12106253hir_seled
hirsled11118113hir_sled
indeed83913563_ind_eed
irised73913153_iris_ed
linseed838203li_nseed
misdeed113211053misd_eed
oilseed835783oi_lseed
reseed74823293__reseed
tickseed1584513tickseed
viseed105310983vi__seed
wormseed1442963wormseed

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162617.78018786.9
3Display Results61610.0331848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691618.21921741.2
 
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