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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 “cabala” 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.

45 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
cabala10351691(None) 
cabal95222151cabal_
cabalas113516001cabalas
cabals104020151cabals
cabana103913561cabana
cabbala1367181cabbala
kabala124011551kabala
qabala17399191qabala
abaca95118042_abaca
abaka114313822_abaka
abaya104413172_abaya
cabanas112413032cabanas
cabbalah1763792cabbalah
cabbalas1467372cabbalas
cable95329912cab_le
calla74827072ca_lla
canal75428042canal_
canals84421662canals
canola8313622canola
cantala94114672cantala
canula8312962canula
casaba1079262casaba
casava1157872casava
catalo8314852catalo
catalpa1136502catalpa
cavalla1257882cavalla
cicala10310052cicala
coala77521122c_oala
cobalt10317392cobalt
falbala1235872falbala
halala94715092halala
hawala12368912hawala
kabaka11348502kabaka
kabalas133911062kabalas
kabaya15387122kabaya
kabbala1584612kabbala
kamala12339962kamala
labara83712892labara
masala8311812masala
qabalah21285032qabalah
qabalas18289502qabalas
sabal75422482sabal_
sabals84618862sabals
tabla73318362tab_la
tambala1138022tambala

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551452.51632810.4
3Display Results45450.0133461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.88961852.2
 
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