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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 “canolas” 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.

41 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
canolas931399(None) 
canola8313621canola_
canulas9312851canulas
anlas55626932_an_las
anoas57226492_ano_as
anoles64827432_anoles
cabalas113516002cabalas
caeomas1138402caeomas
cajoles163712102cajoles
callas84526752ca_llas
canals84421662canal_s
canchas143212402canchas
candelas1139532candelas
candles104422342candles
canellas10310562canellas
cannas84518402can_nas
cannolis1037862cannolis
cannulas1037582cannulas
canoers94318372canoers
canoes84725882cano_es
canons85522062cano_ns
cantalas104013522cantalas
cantals93919572cantals
cantles94721412cantles
canula8312962canula_
canulae9311182canulae
canular9310322canular
canvas113813332can_vas
canzonas1935382canzonas
carols85124982carol_s
carolus94612602carolus
cholas114818002c_holas
citolas939362citolas
colas75436772c__olas
crapolas1247402crapolas
cupolas11277752cupolas
granolas938052granolas
mandolas1139132mandolas
manilas93915872manilas
payolas12148972payolas
ranulas7311772ranulas

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671412.98336094.9
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.35953197.7
 
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