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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 “joual” 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.

54 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
joual1231165(None) 
jouals1338921jouals
boral75831702boral
coal66939252co_al
comal95125132comal
copal95621782copal
coral76033452coral
coxal146116672coxal
domal85619202domal
dotal64919622dotal
doula65717772doula
dual55928172_dual
equal1449822equal
foal76630922fo_al
focal104917672focal
foul77027582fou_l
goal55829302go_al
goral65125752goral
horal86328682horal
jacal14313702jacal
joram145816982joram
jota116423622jota_
jotas125717442jotas
jouk156015992jou_k
jouks165612342jouks
joule124918202joule
journal1484962journal
joust125122292joust
jovial1636542jovial
jowar155211432jowar
jowl146120302jo_wl
jugal135612402jugal
jural125120482jural
local74820272local
loral55927822loral
loyal84513482loyal
modal85919242modal
molal75120342molal
moral75533432moral
nodal64717792nodal
nopal75517102nopal
notal55221352notal
nounal639812nounal
opal66923522_opal
oral47638122_oral
oval77119522_oval
royal85014702royal
soul46435712sou_l
tonal53724302tonal
total55321822total
usual5310182usual
vocal104715642vocal
zoeal144813782zoeal
zonal145116852zonal

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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit53800541.54634799.5
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691541.655107970.4
 
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