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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 “porridge” 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.

50 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
porridge124376(None) 
parridge1254331parridge
porridges1343911porridges
porridgy1542131porridgy
parridges1384562parridges
partridge1362862partridge
porringer1244052porringer
abridge1135693_abridge
boride9415903bo_rid_e
bourride1144403bourrid_e
bridge103711883__bridge
browridge1661413browridge
carriage1137853carriage
cartridge1372723cartridge
corrade101111043corrad_e
corrida1078523corrid_a
corridas1177323corridas
corridor1145033corridor
corrie83621233corri__e
corrode101310573corrod_e
ferriage1245463ferriage
forjudge2041853forjudge
fridge11379253__fridge
horrible13135233horrible
horrid10311563horrid__
horrider1236533horrider
horridly15114793horridly
joyride1853753joyrid_e
marriage1147253marriage
oreide7311673_oreid_e
oroide7311703_oroid_e
orrice81410163_orri_ce
parring103222063parring_
partridges1453053partridges
porcine11312843porci_ne
poring94227273po_ring_
porking143515813porking_
porringers1343753porringers
portage103013643po_rtage
portiere1038773portiere
porting103021783porting_
portside1138163portsid_e
pouring103115863pouring_
pride84724743p__rid_e
provide1339853provid_e
purring104515823purring_
ridge75018683___ridge
torrid7311853torrid__
torrider936173torrider
torridly1284473torridly

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162506.87621256.8
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691507.31224438.0
 
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