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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 “galore” 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.

35 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
galore7351485(None) 
galere73716671galere
galores82614321galores
adore65723672_adore
afore85818602_afore
aglare7312422aglare
aloe45540192_alo_e
alone55732962_alone
calorie92716892calorie
calory11312842calory
gale56347322gal__e
galeae74717452galeae
galeres83514332galeres
galoot72719162galoot
galop84716222galo_p
galoped11138072galoped
galops94712622galops
galosh1038562galosh
galoshe1135392galoshe
gaoler73913572gaoler
garote7717952garote
gator64416032gator_
gators74115832gators
glaire74411292glaire
glare65222952g_lare
globe84917012g_lobe
glory96413292g_lory
glove94516292g_love
gloze154815982g_loze
gore55744962g__ore
lore45850352__lore
malgre9299302malgre
splore81611302splore
valor83614892valor_
valors93413772valors

Search took 4 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 Limit82551352.67330883.3
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.03258935.0
 
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