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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 “beryl” 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.

46 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
beryl10121167(None) 
beryls11107881beryls
aery77231682aery_
aryl75922342_aryl
barye105021492barye
bedel84219402bedel
beery105220122beery_
bel57148462be__l
bell66237182be_ll
belly104625492belly
benzyl2034162benzyl
beret74946362beret
berg75425542ber_g
bergs84718042bergs
berk105929842ber_k
berks115423122berks
berm86732752ber_m
berme96022942berme
berms95323662berms
berry104521772berry
berth104917882berth
betel74419902betel
bevel104517042bevel
bevy127115222bevy_
bey86645422be_y_
beys913829552be_ys
bezel165215172bezel
bezil163812882bezil
birl65830472bir_l
boral75831702boral
burl64937182bur_l
burly104922832burly
bury95633592bury_
butyl1089102butyl
byrl95716012byr_l
eery76129622eery_
feral85424652feral
ferly115517352ferly
herl75834552her_l
hexyl1844462hexyl
merl65830972mer_l
nerol51017812nerol
peril75425952peril
seral56336382seral
tetryl935692tetryl
very108025642very_

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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800461.70031647.1
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691462.01688636.4
 
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