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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 “llamas” 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.

43 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
llamas88897(None) 
lamas75532791_lamas
llama799891llama_
ulamas8910451ulamas
agamas97413452agamas
alamos8415002alamos
almas76629772al_mas
amas67746292__amas
blames105121862blames
blams95023852blam_s
camas96333522_camas
clamps124515082clamps
clams95127672clam_s
dramas95814652dramas
flames114723692flames
flams105125012flam_s
gamas85431362_gamas
glams85822932glam_s
gramas94317202gramas
halmas117017892halmas
lama66635292_lama_
lambs95921412_lambs
lames75445542_lames
lamias85020612_lamias
lampas106615952_lampas
lamps95624832_lamps
lams66552262_lam_s
lavas85422222_lavas
lemmas10349162lemmas
lianas63713382lianas
limas75627632_limas
llanos6108332llanos
loams75619862loam_s
loumas84812332loumas
lumas75622912_lumas
mamas95930772_mamas
plasmas113010752plasmas
playas114612282playas
plazas17409912plazas
shamas113717942shamas
slams74927902slam_s
ulama7711472ulama_
ulemas888962ulemas

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551432.40634310.5
3Display Results43430.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691432.73265406.7
 
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