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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 “marlins” 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.

75 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
marlins9342047(None) 
carlins93921911carlins
margins103815191margins
marlin84220901marlin_
marline93320951marline
marlines103818711marlines
marling103322761marling
marlings113713491marlings
martins93322061martins
merlins93015811merlins
ablins8316192_ablins
berlins93216012berlins
caplins113515992caplins
carlin84421822carlin_
carline93923612carline
carlines103521642carlines
carling103727062carling
carlings114015852carlings
catlins93818842catlins
darling93418362darling
darlings103710382darlings
garlics1038012garlics
harmins123716722harmins
harpins123615702harpins
kaolins1139362kaolins
mailing102923342mailing
mailings113011922mailings
mains75635112ma__ins
maligns1038132ma_ligns
maline84529082ma_line
malines93625602ma_lines
malkins133311802malkins
malling103623662malling
mallings113413092mallings
marbling13179882marbling
marblings14225542marblings
margin94016842margin_
marina84623412mar_ina
marinas93519382mar_inas
marine84230402mar_ine
marines93928012mar_ines
marking144020132marking
markings153410242markings
marlier92614772marlier
marliest102415182marliest
marlite92917072marlite
marlites103415262marlites
marls75535162marl__s
maroons92615552maroons
marries93825282marries
marring103319552marring
marrons93216972marrons
martens93714952martens
martians103111612martians
martin84122522martin_
marting103325012marting
martini93613872martini
martinis103311612martinis
matins84527782ma_tins
mattins93316142mattins
mauling103315682mauling
mavins115119182ma_vins
mayvins1535322mayvins
merlin83916682merlin_
merlons93311272merlons
mirins83918902mir_ins
moulins9312702moulins
mureins9310732mureins
muslins9312212muslins
myelins1237352myelins
parling103823762parling
paulins9312612paulins
purlins93415422purlins
ratlins73615582ratlins
sarins63932622sar_ins

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671756.93615523.5
3Display Results75750.0461630.4
 (SQL Overall)178691757.73223110.6
 
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