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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 “jello” 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.

62 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
jello12671627(None) 
cello74919581cello
hello86522981hello
jell117125871jell_
jellos134714281jellos
jells125522161jells
jelly154218251jelly
bell66237182bell_
belle75827832belle
bellow114213352bellow
bells76432162bells
belly104625492belly
cell65031722cell_
cella75420312cella
celli76717692celli
cellos84517802cellos
cells75428062cells
dell56938202dell_
dells66630942dells
delly96023872delly
duello756782duello
ell36735682_ell_
ells46431352_ells
fell76833072fell_
fella84918652fella
felloe93513922felloe
fellow123712742fellow
fells85327382fells
felly114922802felly
fillo84319782fillo
hallo85127552hallo
helio85321192helio
hell75637892hell_
hellos95321682hellos
hells85032042hells
helo75332852he_lo
hillo84721652hillo
hollo84822162hollo
hullo84417452hullo
jelled144916062jelled
jill116430262jill_
jills125122822jills
jolly154517512jolly
kelly124617022kelly
mell64935612mell_
mellow114112222mellow
mells75031332mells
nelly84618812nelly
niello636602niello
sell45840612sell_
selle54428312selle
sells55134432sells
telco7511872telco
tell44934702tell_
tells55828942tells
telly84920822telly
well75832042well_
wells85426192wells
welly114620012welly
yell76028322yell_
yellow12429882yellow
yells85821942yells

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800621.48336277.8
3Display Results62620.0163875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691621.81298615.3
 
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