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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 “derails” 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.

53 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
derails8421639(None) 
derail74218811derail_
details84214041details
drails74716951d_rails
serails73318361serails
aerials74017562aerials
bedrails1136292bedrails
bewails1277552bewails
brails84621292_brails
deairs74013782de_airs
deals65435342de_a_ls
dearies83526272dearies
decals93717712deca_ls
decrials1137132decrials
deils65722862de__ils
denials84114132denials
dentils84115582dentils
deraign936572deraign
deraigns1034882deraigns
derailed102410402derailed
derates84028892derates
derats74625062dera_ts
derays105514252dera_ys
derbies103016052derbies
dermis94717162dermi_s
derries83124622derries
derris73615272derri_s
detail74516432detail_
detains83716092detains
detrains9411762detrains
devils104412812de_vils
drail65020972d_rail_
drains73719402d_rains
drawls105511392d_rawls
emails84412342_emails
ervils948772_ervils
ferals94216642fera_ls
frails93716472_frails
gerbils1037302gerbils
grails77518782_grails
jezails2334162jezails
perils84121852per_ils
rails55937402__rails
remails94714562remails
renails74917262renails
resails74616742resails
retails74718972retails
serail64222672serail_
serais64326132serai_s
serials73919752serials
tenails73713922tenails
terais64023512terai_s
trails64622512_trails

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671534.76622591.5
3Display Results53530.0134076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691535.16934569.7
 
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