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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 “halest” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

104 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
halest9482327(None) 
hales85449841hales_
palest83926221palest
ablest84721832ablest
alert54740652_alert
ales47067102_ales_
alist56136782_alist
baldest102313532baldest
bales76250082bales_
barest85327692barest
basest84720492basest
blest76431722_blest
calesa8412472calesa
calmest11312342calmest
chalet113825992chale_t
chalets122813472chalets
dales66439742dales_
falsest10310012falsest
gales65442482gales_
gamest94919932gamest
gayest104314332gayest
haddest122711992haddest
hades96035112hades_
hadst93220222ha_dst
haes77651022ha_es_
haet75659502ha_e_t
haets86525122ha_ets
hajes155420942hajes_
hakes126034302hakes_
halbert12314502halbert
hale76052832hale__
haled95335822hale_d
haler85033522hale_r
halers94926912halers
haleru94212072haleru
hallot95426782hallot
halls85633782halls_
halms105225212halms_
haloes94623862haloes_
halos85230252halos_
halt76056302hal__t
halts85230102halts_
halves124717092halves_
hames106138702hames_
hamlet113722792hamle_t
hamlets123211402hamlets
haoles94919802haoles_
hapless123311332hapless
hardest113118412hardest
hares86255542hares_
harvest132112752harvest
haslet93222712hasle_t
haslets102510862haslets
hast76259482ha__st
hates86742572hates_
hatless103813442hatless
haves116034872haves_
hazes174928322hazes_
haziest193313012haziest
hest75950772h__est
holes84748652holes_
holiest104319622holiest
holist94723212holist
honest94822422honest
hugest10311762hugest
idlest74014862idlest
illest63615722illest
kales95730982kales_
lamest84722762lamest
latest63822702latest
laxest134913362laxest
lest46956322__lest
males75049792males_
mayest114614792mayest
molest85022742molest
pales75753802pales_
palet74650802pale_t
palets85122312palets
paliest93021612paliest
rales54947492rales_
rarest65725482rarest
rawest93615062rawest
realest73322432realest
safest95016602safest
sagest74920262sagest
sales56055592sales_
saltest71916512saltest
sanest64426692sanest
sayest94217742sayest
shales94731252shales_
shaliest111415062shaliest
shoalest1168912shoalest
stalest73720172stalest
talent6323322talent
tales55451372tales_
tallest7317092tallest
tamest85721292tamest
vales85434262vales_
valet84337872vale_t
valets93715622valets
vilest9416842vilest
wales86142832wales_
whales124716942whales_
yarest95018912yarest

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit825511042.34335233.0
3Display Results1041040.0303466.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911042.69966206.4
 
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