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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 “dandy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

108 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
dandy10441670(None) 
bandy114824181bandy
candy115119821candy
daddy116212561daddy
handy125520871handy
pandy115021171pandy
randy95022081randy
sandy94221131sandy
and47244172_and_
ands57833612_ands
any68440492_an_y
baddy125016022baddy
baldy115518932baldy
band76740912band_
banda85223102banda
bands85233422bands
banty106624002banty
bawdy147513282bawdy
bendy115017252bendy
brandy124712062brandy
caddy125414022caddy
canny105817692canny
canty105226802canty
dad58456162da_d_
dada66422442da_da
dado67126332da_do
dads67442772da_ds
daffy155510282daffy
daily95922332daily
dainty105311472dainty
dairy97016302dairy
daisy95915312daisy
dally95324742dally
dan46859672dan__
dance85223132dance
dander811222992dander
dandify15245672dandify
dandily12279632dandily
dandle84218092dandle
dang65131542dan_g
dangly114212262dangly
dangs75623202dangs
danio6319782danio
dank95828242dan_k
dankly14419462dankly
dans56748152dan_s
darky136018832darky
dashy125612382dashy
dauby115211222dauby
davy116015522da_vy
day76254112da__y
deedy104315892deedy
deny86027122den_y
didy99121512d_idy
dingy105721262dingy
dinky135819372dinky
donsy96414682donsy
doody105517912doody
dowdy136112542dowdy
duddy114911032duddy
dungy104713642dungy
faddy135511622faddy
fancy134615482fancy
fanny114816042fanny
gaudy106611462gaudy
hand86833712hand_
hands95327382hands
hanky155418292hanky
hardy125622062hardy
janty156816962janty
lady86527152la_dy
land56337312land_
lands65426902lands
lanky125517482lanky
lardy96119272lardy
lindy96918312lindy
mangy115021242mangy
manly105022952manly
many95731862man_y
maundy12506782maundy
nancy105214922nancy
nanny84813812nanny
paddy125913592paddy
panda85022612panda
pansy105717972pansy
panty105929302panty
pardy115523952pardy
rand55839572rand_
rands65930452rands
rangy95320382rangy
rindy95717392rindy
sand55338472sand_
sands65228582sands
shandy134710032shandy
tangy94519932tangy
tansy84514932tansy
tardy94720462tardy
undy85015162_undy
vanda94515922vanda
waddy135312992waddy
wady115324992wa_dy
wand85833882wand_
wands96425482wands
waney115120322waney
wanly115118022wanly
wany106432362wan_y
windy126118102windy
zany167316992zan_y

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001081.64032804.9
3Display Results1081080.0303600.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911081.98390111.4
 
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