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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 “hollaing” 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.

34 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
hollaing1216709(None) 
holloaing1385791holloaing
holloing12148821holloing
bolling103820882boll_ing
collaging1337912collaging
collaring12310542collaring
collating12312762collating
collying14319542collying
dolling93817372doll_ing
dollying13407412dollying
halloaing1387032halloaing
halloing121510072halloing
helling114623222hell_ing
helloing12159122helloing
hilling113821772hill_ing
hilloaing1375432hilloaing
hilloing12158302hilloing
holding123514282ho_lding
holing104025072ho_l_ing
holking153512312ho_lking
holland11349472holla_nd
hollering1337742hollering
hollooing1385362hollooing
hollowing1675932hollowing
howling143413162howl_ing
hulling113619012hull_ing
hulloaing1384522hulloaing
hulloing12146702hulloing
jollying19316052jollying
lolling83415772loll_ing
polkaing1534632polkaing
polling102920382poll_ing
rolling83620412roll_ing
tolling83418562toll_ing

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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059343.23337444.8
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691343.62649280.5
 
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