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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 “alert” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

102 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
alert5474065(None) 
alerts64418221alerts
avert86029491avert
abet610547942abe_t
abler75624312abler_
ablest84721832ablest
abort76133582abort
acerb9312762acerb
adept81219642adept
advert103215782advert
aero45435342a_ero
aery77231682a_ery
agent65829642agent
ager55935842ager_
agers65027852agers
aglet65534142agle_t
airt45757782a_irt
alant55742292alant
alar46340072alar_
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
albeit8314342albeit
alder65421912alder_
alders74218422alders
ale36572342ale__
alec66430062ale_c
alecs76620732alecs
alee46652322ale_e
alef76340692ale_f
alefs87319662alefs
aleph10311392aleph
alerted82512222alerted
alerter72111512alerter
alertly1046792alertly
ales47067102ale_s
alist56136782alist
alit46155692al_it
allot54933872allot
aloft8423432aloft
alt36467962al__t
alter54828502alter_
alters64924222alters
ament76036542ament
amort75832202amort
anent54931842anent
apart74330672apart
aper66336232aper_
apers76629132apers
apery106517902apery
aport75432172aport
art38679142a__rt
assert64922582assert
aver75931882aver_
avers85127312avers
averts95715242averts
baler75635272baler_
balers85626932balers
bleat75737002bleat
blent76230952blent
blest76431722blest
blet66247672ble_t
blurt77625622blurt
chert105232102chert
cleat76335062cleat
cleft106222852cleft
clept95725772clept
clerk115812452clerk
elect74327032elect
evert84929512evert
exert124624142exert
fleet85932332fleet
flirt87424752flirt
galere73716672galere
gleet65532342gleet
halbert12314502halbert
haler85033522haler_
halers94926912halers
haleru94212072haleru
halest94823272halest
inert53234372inert
leet45957902_leet
left76340482_left
lent46360532_lent
lept66440882_lept
lest46956322_lest
let36481472_le_t
overt85630722overt
paler75436932paler_
palest83926222palest
palet74650802pale_t
pert66759322_pert
pleat74734472pleat
sleet55639132sleet
slept75728102slept
talent6323322talent
taler56034862taler_
talers64628142talers
valet84337872vale_t
vert77249372_vert
waler84229262waler_
walers94824462walers
wert79749822_wert

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit538001021.73630990.8
3Display Results1021020.0137846.2
 (SQL Overall)1786911022.05986785.3
 
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