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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forgrandaddy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

20 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
grandaddy165211(None) 
granddaddy1851331granddaddy
crawdaddy205612crawdaddy
grandad1038452granda_d_
grandads1136552granda_ds
granddad1244252granddad_
granddads1343462granddads
granary1157793gran_a_ry
grandaddies1552303grandaddies
grandam1139393granda__m
grandame1247113granda_me
grandames1346713grandames
grandams1237123granda_ms
grandaunt1144703grandaunt
grandbaby1851733grandbaby
granddam1344693grand_dam
granddams1443483granddams
grandkid1543643grandkid_
grandkids1643143grandkids
grandly1238743gran__dly

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 Filter1786911486410.466383457.1
2DLD Change Limit148641206.65622331.9
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691207.13825033.8