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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 “ceilidhs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

32 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
ceilidhs144213(None) 
ceilidh1345361ceilidh_
ceilings11397992ceilings
ceilis85413742ceili__s
caliphs1436753c_aliphs
cebids11439173ce_bid_s
ceboids1237653ceboid_s
ceiled94114953ceiled__
ceilers93912533ceil_ers
ceili75814793ceili___
ceiling103416723ceili_ng
ceils75019403ceil___s
celiacs11157893ce_liacs
cellists1038563cellists
ceriphs1484753ce_riphs
childes134211273chil_des
childish1744393childish
chiliads1445853chiliads
chilidog15132903chilidog
chilidogs16122773chilidogs
chilies124218303chili_es
chilis115517873chili__s
cilices113814023c_ilices
collides113214473collides
deicides1249303deicides
elides74420693_e_lides
eoliths10318573_eoliths
felids103111623fe_lid_s
neoliths1144933neoliths
teiids736693tei_id_s
triliths1145953triliths
veilings12357313veilings

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162326.65621959.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.09225196.1
 
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