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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 “helloed” 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.

51 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
helloed11351242(None) 
halloed113314911halloed
helled104024701hell_ed
helloes103717461helloes
hilloed113211291hilloed
holloed113812751holloed
hulloed11369791hulloed
belled94626192bell_ed
bellied104314072bellied
bellowed14158602bellowed
celled94420322cell_ed
felled103720302fell_ed
felloe93513922felloe_
felloes104114382felloes
fellowed15136832fellowed
gelled84718892gell_ed
halloaed121510152halloaed
halloes104021522halloes
hallooed12168772hallooed
hallowed15179492hallowed
haloed104717602h_aloed
healed105121442heal_ed
heeled104018412heel_ed
heiled104415612heil_ed
heller93322512hell_er
hello86522982hello__
hellos95321682hello_s
helmed124513692he_lmed
helped124714152he_lped
helved134313702he_lved
hilled104022222hill_ed
hilloaed12136922hilloaed
hilloes103815962hilloes
hollaed11359852hollaed
holloaed12157392holloaed
holloes103818192holloes
hollooed12146492hollooed
hollowed15157022hollowed
hulled103920012hull_ed
hulloaed12105802hulloaed
hulloes104113922hulloes
hullooed12135092hullooed
jelled144916062jell_ed
jellied15419222jellied
melled95023022mell_ed
mellowed14166922mellowed
nielloed963862nielloed
shelled113815092shell_ed
welled103820212well_ed
yelled104116252yell_ed
yellowed15185742yellowed

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671513.32632372.5
3Display Results51510.0331545.5
 (SQL Overall)178691513.74947663.6
 
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