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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 “disallowed” 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.

30 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
disallowed154326(None) 
disallow1243512disallow__
disallows1343392disallow_s
disavowed1743882disa_vowed
sallowed12149032__sallowed
allowed111610083___allowed
billowed14137063bi__llowed
dialled9510133di_all__ed
dialoged1146693di_a_loged
disabled1248713disabl__ed
disallowing1643283disallowing
disavower1643473disa_vower
disclosed1347363dis_closed
discolored1445623discolored
disendowed1653053disendowed
disploded1446543dis_ploded
fallowed15127753__fallowed
hallowed15179493__hallowed
misallied1246543misall_ied
misallotted1451763misallotted
pillowed14156383pi__llowed
reswallowed1851143reswallowed
sallower11139503__sallower
shallowed1655083_shallowed
swallowed1663583_swallowed
tallowed12157713__tallowed
unallowed1344413_unallowed
unhallowed1742193unhallowed
wallowed15148163__wallowed
willowed15156763wi__llowed

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603306.70320976.1
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.12225090.0
 
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