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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 “fallal” 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.

41 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
fallal9361269(None) 
fallals103310191fallals
hallal94415561hallal
algal66518222_algal
allay85620392_allay
allyl85310542_allyl
ballad94315322ballad
calla74827072calla_
callan83619602callan
callas84526752callas
facial113615632facial
faecal11359812faecal
falbala1235872falbala
fall75535312fa_l_l
fallacy1536432fallacy
fallen93813372fallen
faller94621232faller
fallow124713852fallow
falls85727652fall_s
farfal123410182farfal
fatal84819372fa_tal
faucal11339962faucal
faunal94711592faunal
fella84918652fella_
fellah124910772fellah
fellas95116962fellas
filial93013252filial
fullam1138362fullam
halal85623592ha_lal
hallah124115402hallah
hallel93514092hallel
lallan63414172lallan
paleal84716672paleal
pallial92911252pallial
palpal104112052palpal
salal55425702sa_lal
tallol63612222tallol
valval12398862valval
walla85321032walla_
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.58031996.5
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.95260532.2
 
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