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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forherl” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

17 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
herl7583455(None) 
harl75740001harl
heal75645691heal
heel75034221heel
heil76328931heil
hell75637891hell
her66547811her_
herb94730961herb
herd84933061herd
here76447101here
herls85226431herls
herm95636151herm
hern76134891hern
hero74635781hero
hers75844871hers
hurl76029931hurl
merl65830971merl

Search took 2 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 Filter178691139830.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit13983170.58024108.6
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691170.703254183.5