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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 “acold” 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.

55 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
acold8621493(None) 
ahold94714251ahold
cold77338771_cold
scold85414861scold
accord1178842accord
aced79540882ac_ed
ached119227832ached
acid77533402ac_id
acned87520672acned
acock132110212acock
acorn75616622acorn
acred87126352acred
acrid86920102acrid
acted88521732acted
acyl95314292acyl_
acyls104211522acyls
aholds10469482aholds
aioli5318312aioli
allod64418382allod
aloud65018072aloud
amole75724592amole
anole55330382anole
apod78123182apo_d
aroid65428342aroid
atoll57913922atoll
auld54125362a_uld
avoid95516682avoid
awol75620672awol_
awols84713522awols
azole145118032azole
bold75432812_bold
cauld85318442cauld
clod76124612_clod
cod69660132_co_d
coed77140542_coed
col59360352_col_
cola66541392_cola
colds85726972_colds
cole66956112_cole
coled85540762_coled
cols66553082_cols
colt67158242_colt
coly96940532_coly
cord76740922_cord
could86517712_could
fold86528942_fold
gold65430162_gold
hold86235062_hold
mold76034332_mold
old47033472__old
scald84818122scald
scolds95011232scolds
sold54837412_sold
told56132202_told
wold85429072_wold

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800551.61033416.1
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691551.93992156.3
 
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