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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 “wizardly” 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.

33 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
wizardly245257(None) 
wizardry2451601wizardry
wizard19377712wizard__
wizards20326402wizard_s
awkwardly2351643awkwardly
bizarrely2351613bizarrely
blizzardly2451163blizzardly
cowardly1744093cowardly
dotardly1343843dotardly
hardly135112833__hardly
inwardly1543783inwardly
lizard16369233lizard__
lizards17427613lizard_s
niggardly1551923niggardly
ribaldly1442813ribaldly
sizably2136613siza_bly
towardly1543653towardly
upwardly1742793upwardly
vicarly1536463vicar_ly
vizard19458853vizard__
vizarded2242753vizarded
vizards20377263vizard_s
waddly14478723w__addly
warily122915093w__arily
warmly14228063w__armly
waywardly2251883waywardly
wearily1338783w_earily
weirdly14274493w_eirdly
wickedly2142793wickedly
wildly13328123wi__ldly
wingedly1644013wingedly
wintrily1445373wintrily
wirily123310783wi__rily

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162337.17320376.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.63923391.9
 
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