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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 “hullo” 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.

83 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
hullo8441745(None) 
hallo85127551hallo
hello86522981hello
hillo84721651hillo
hollo84822161hollo
hull75428781hull_
hulloa95011181hulloa
hulloo94511731hulloo
hullos94916291hullos
hulls84923561hulls
ahull84010312ahull_
bull65634872bull_
bulla74620562bulla
bulls75629572bulls
bully105124812bully
cello74919582cello
cull65929642cull_
culls75425812culls
cully105520462cully
duello756782duello
dull56430442dull_
dulls64523742dulls
dully94921632dully
fillo84319782fillo
full75229152full_
fulls84623522fulls
fully114820862fully
gull54828452gull_
gulls65222982gulls
gully94020682gully
hall75741162hall_
halloa94918122halloa
halloo95118972halloo
hallos95425102hallos
hallot95426782hallot
hallow124818322hallow
halls85633782halls
halo76437322h_alo
helio85321192helio
hell75637892hell_
hellos95321682hellos
hells85032042hells
helo75332852h_elo
hill76439492hill_
hilloa94713032hilloa
hillos94618892hillos
hills85431352hills
hilly114422162hilly
holla84918492holla
holloa94914822holloa
holloo94415252holloo
hollos95320632hollos
hollow124212662hollow
holly114824432holly
hula74923752hu_la
hulas84920882hulas
hulk115321612hu_lk
hulks125715482hulks
hulky155312472hulky
hulled103920012hulled
huller93919102huller
hulloas103911912hulloas
hulloed11369792hulloed
hulloes104113922hulloes
hulloos104010072hulloos
hurl76029932hurl_
hurls86522712hurls
hurly115819292hurly
jello126716272jello
lull44225762lull_
lulls54119652lulls
mull65128802mull_
mulla74317112mulla
mulls75124152mulls
null45125312null_
nulls55019982nulls
phyllo1435872phyllo
pull64731662pull_
pulls74425052pulls
sulfo8313362sulfo
sully84622902sully
tulle54019932tulle
vulgo936952vulgo

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800831.48336277.8
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691831.80998778.9
 
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