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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwelshed” 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.

25 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
welshed1427720(None) 
welched16298831welched
welsher13377441welsher
welshes13379091welshes
belched154011842belched
deashed123411302deashed
fleshed143210262fleshed
leashed113211162leashed
meshed124415932me_shed
relished1239432relished
washed135521502w_ashed
weighed15135932weighed
welcher15319392welcher
welches153710312welches
welded114013382wel_ded
welled103820212wel_led
wellhead1543502wellhead
welsh113110362welsh__
welshers14246812welshers
welted103715822wel_ted
wenched163910912wenched
whished17428022whished
wished134417512w_ished
woolshed1553922woolshed
wooshed14167402wooshed

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671253.67029338.1
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691254.09243668.4