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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 “caravel” 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.

35 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
caravel123820(None) 
caramel11310251caramel
caravels1337431caravels
carvel114817571car_vel
cadaver1335782cadaver
caracal11312512caracal
caracol11310422caracol
caracul1138822caracul
carafe115416162carafe_
carafes125015702carafes
caramels1238802caramels
carate84734002carate_
carates95630612carates
caravan1239222caravan
caravelle1444692caravelle
carcel105018672car_cel
carpel105418472car_pel
carrel84718632car_rel
cartel85022532car_tel
carve106227752car_ve_
carved124320852car_ved
carvels124914592car_vels
carven114716662car_ven
carver114420142car_ver
carves115128452car_ves
crave105626312c_rave_
craved125417772c_raved
craven114113932c_raven
craver114618462c_raver
craves115825392c_raves
gravel105313822_gravel
marvel113712002mar_vel
ravel84621512__ravel
travel94112982_travel
unravel1038062unravel

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 Filter1786911076710.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit107671353.17333933.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.96945021.7
 
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