Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “smilers” 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.

88 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
smilers9411385(None) 
milers84625161_milers
sailers73822321sailers
smiler83916681smiler_
smiles84522291smile_s
smileys12336321smileys
smiters93414361smiters
amblers115213562amblers
bailers94221352bailers
boilers93417062boilers
ceilers93912532ceilers
coilers93619902coilers
exilers14419732exilers
filers94623722_filers
hailers104017262hailers
jailers144114042jailers
mailers94420332mailers
miler75733062_miler_
miles74645072_mile_s
milkers134411612_milkers
millers93621342_millers
milters93619092_milters
mimers105520182_mimers
miners84126632_miners
misers85025702_misers
miters84328782_miters
mixers154513562_mixers
moilers93615202moilers
nailers73215892nailers
oilers64721192_oilers
railers74420662railers
sailer63526102sailer_
sailors73213722sailors
samplers12299402samplers
scalers93817262scalers
sealers74323552sealers
seiners74219272seiners
seisers73816392seisers
seizers164112502seizers
sellers73721322sellers
shiers94921752shi_ers
shiners104015942shiners
shivers133714832shivers
sidlers83414232sidlers
sillers73822102sillers
silvers104714042s_ilvers
similes92915232simile_s
simmers113314612simmers
simpers113014122simpers
sivers95324152s_ivers
sizers155215812s_izers
skiers104713702ski_ers
skivers14409702skivers
slicers94114922slicers
sliders83515222sliders
slivers104115252slivers
smellers10329772smellers
smelters103310512smelters
smile74823922smile__
smiled93716432smile_d
smiley114012302smile_y
smirkers14316352smirkers
smiter83616412smiter_
smites83921922smite_s
smithers13369792smithers
smokers13389322smokers
smolders11287192smolders
snipers93311772snipers
spicers113815552spicers
spiders103914412spiders
spielers10319652spielers
spiers84421742spi_ers
spikers135311992spikers
spiles84227912spile_s
spillers103311702spillers
spoilers10238632spoilers
stiflers11238832stiflers
stiles64328772stile_s
stivers103613542stivers
stylers10359352stylers
suiters73618882suiters
sutlers73116972sutlers
swillers11299112swillers
tailers73720182tailers
tilers63523502_tilers
toilers74116262toilers
veilers103911822veilers
wailers103916802wailers

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671882.84337872.3
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691883.24954998.8
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.