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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 “killie” 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.

50 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
killie10411489(None) 
billie85019171billie
gillie74816941gillie
killies113318111killies
kiltie103210961kiltie
willie94116451willie
billies93923502billies
collie83621992collie
dillies84122162dillies
fille84327402fill_e
fillies103420252fillies
fillip11268952fillip
ghillie11326352ghillie
gillied95512312gillied
gillies84120962gillies
girlie73711462girlie
hillier103413962hillier
illite63414922_illite
kellies113516852kellies
kelpie12308612kelpie
kiddie12359392kiddie
kidlike1137062kidlike
kilim11711892ki_lim
kill85533182kill__
killdee1266222killdee
killed113918772killed
killer104917952killer
killick1295312killick
killing123118722killing
kills94526172kill_s
kilties113014142kilties
kiltlike1134242kiltlike
mille75029132mill_e
millier93716702millier
millime112511402millime
milline92519112milline
mislie83219152mislie
mollie83517102mollie
nellie63614812nellie
rille55728732rill_e
silkie103313402silkie
sillier74017592sillier
sillies73425082sillies
tillite7313562tillite
villae95615382villae
villi86517852villi_
wallie93216802wallie
wellie92814912wellie
willied114611562willied
willies103920152willies

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551502.39034540.2
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.73665311.0
 
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