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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 “paillards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
paillards124498(None) 
paillard1146261paillard_
kailyards1743202kailyards
mallards1138322ma_llards
pillars9313492p_illar_s
pollards11299522p_ollards
axillars15235993axillar_s
ballads104212913ba_lla_ds
ballyards1544993ballyards
billiards1245023_billiards
bollards11339153_bollards
collards113310193_collards
dullards1045493_dullards
gaillardia1251773gaillardia
gaillardias1351753gaillardias
galliards1194543galliards
halliards13104933halliards
halyards1576243ha_lyards
haulyards1682833haulyards
jailbirds1942613jailbirds
kailyard1643503kailyard_
lallands9338563la_llands
mainlands1244693mainlands
mallard10310273ma_llard_
milliards1246193_milliards
paellas9411413paella__s
paillasse1142693paillasse
paillasses1243353paillasses
palikars1445083palikar_s
pallors9314363pa_llor_s
papillar1296713papillar__
papillary1694403papillar_y
parklands1654713parklands
payloads1445293payloa_ds
pilchards1743923p_ilchards
pillages113012613p_illages
pillar8314023p_illar__
pillared11228093p_illared
pollard103511143p_ollard_
poulards11288233p_oulards
railbirds1243213railbirds
railcars1045313railcar_s
sailboards1345483sailboards
tailboards1345083tailboards
taillamps1342613taillamps

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 Filter1786911486410.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit148641457.09320956.0
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691457.42224075.9
 
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