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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 “noodling” 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.

34 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
noodling1020944(None) 
boodling121910241boodling
doodling11218401doodling
noddling11237261noddling
noodging11185691noodging
canoodling1443592canoodling
coddling13258482coddling
codling114418962_codling
cooling103422582coo_ling
fondling13189352fondling
fooling113117372foo_ling
footling12239922footling
foozling21275722foozling
godling103513402_godling
hondling132210012hondling
hooding123815202hood_ing
lordling1077742lordling
needling10248752needling
nobbling13228272nobbling
nodding103811522n_odding
noncling11310762noncling
nooning83014862noo_ning
noosing83315052noo_sing
oodlins83210512_oodlins
pooling103219092poo_ling
rootling9269952rootling
snooding102910432snood_ing
snooling93013472snoo_ling
snoozling19314342snoozling
toddling11187002toddling
tooling82918312too_ling
tootling9279522tootling
wooding123012022wood_ing
yodling123610252_yodling

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059343.79631891.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.20242525.2
 
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