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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 “dayglows” 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.

36 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
dayglows164195(None) 
dayglow1541841dayglow_
aglow94711973_a_glow_
airglows1243463airglows
allows94517683_a_llows
anglos74413913_anglo_s
barlows12259973ba_rlows
daggles103611913daggl_es
daglock1544263da_glock
daglocks1643993da_glocks
dagoes85714603da_g_oes
dagos76419443da_g_o_s
danglers103610593danglers
dangles93618423dangl_es
daybooks1843983daybooks
dayflies1534463dayflies
dayflower1942543dayflower
dayflowers2052413dayflowers
daylong1233973day_long
dayrooms1444343dayrooms
diglots9299503d_iglots
drylots1143743dry_lots
fallows133713973fa_llows
flyblows1942013flyblows
gallows113513513ga_llows
gangplows1641693gangplows
glows95518033___glows
hallows134417393ha_llows
haymows1883813hay_mows
mallows123714323ma_llows
outglows1244933outglows
reglows11288843_reglows
sallows103915553sa_llows
sunglows1244083sunglows
tallows103313743ta_llows
wallows133613533wa_llows

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit146162368.22017781.3
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691368.67320603.1
 
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