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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 “hulloa” 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.

36 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
hulloa9501118(None) 
halloa94918121halloa
hilloa94713031hilloa
holloa94914821holloa
hullo84417451hullo_
hulloas103911911hulloas
hulloo94511731hulloo
hullos94916291hullos
bulla74620562bull_a
hallo85127552hallo_
halloas104318462halloas
halloo95118972halloo
hallos95425102hallos
hallot95426782hallot
hallow124818322hallow
hello86522982hello_
hellos95321682hellos
hillo84721652hillo_
hilloas104413552hilloas
hillos94618892hillos
holla84918492holl_a
hollo84822162hollo_
holloas103814942holloas
holloo94415252holloo
hollos95320632hollos
hollow124212662hollow
hula74923752hu_l_a
hull75428782hull__
hulled103920012hulled
huller93919102huller
hulloaed12105802hulloaed
hulloed11369792hulloed
hulloes104113922hulloes
hulloos104010072hulloos
hulls84923562hull_s
mulla74317112mull_a

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551363.43624025.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691363.81246875.9
 
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