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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 “finals” 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.

60 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
finals9431616(None) 
final83922031final_
finale94116761finale
finales104016011finales
finalis103313661finalis
finials103210151finials
vinals94716481vinals
annals66415922annals
binal75323822binal_
canals84421662canals
dials64925342di_als
dinars75417562dinars
ferals94216642ferals
fiars86720832fi_ars
fiats85324482fi_ats
fills84632372fi_lls
fils75838692fi__ls
finable122213622finable
finagle11238312finagle
finagles12237552finagles
finalise113112572finalise
finalism133010362finalism
finalist113014732finalist
finally13310102finally
fincas113512072fincas
finds95424822fin_ds
finely123011562finely
fines86644262fin_es
finial92814182finial_
finis86824262fin_is
finks125424222fin_ks
finos86226952fin_os
fins75849092fin__s
fiscals1238002fiscals
foals85721692f_oals
fungals11276782fungals
gingals9109312gingals
jingals1588072jingals
kinas95626912kina_s
linacs8310812linacs
minas75434112mina_s
pibals103813082pibals
pinas75434452pina_s
pineals93212842pineals
pipals104213642pipals
rials55026672ri_als
rivals94213182rivals
riyals94111082riyals
sials54227242si_als
signals8359162signals
sisals63013572sisals
spinals93911862spinals
ticals83214712ticals
tincals93610642tincals
urinals7610252urinals
vials85822382vi_als
vinal85725812vinal_
vinas85126342vina_s
vinyls12467002vinyls
vitals94514302vitals

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.26336478.6
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.62268150.6
 
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