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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 “phonal” 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.

36 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
phonal1131038(None) 
agonal7410052agonal
atonal6514022atonal
axonal1347652axonal
azonal1568272azonal
choral115118492choral
clonal8310912clonal
ephoral1248402ephoral
honan85319772_honan
horal86328682_horal
penal75228372p_enal
phenol1149252phenol
phenyl1435322phenyl
phial10313202ph_ial
phon95925382phon__
phonate12411812phonate
phone105621932phon_e
phoned124014552phoned
phones114121212phones
phoney143612982phoney
phonic133315212phonic
phonily1537102phonily
phono104917022phon_o
phonon114012032phonon
phonos114114792phonos
phons105221142phon_s
phony136715442phon_y
pinnal84814272pinnal
pleonal937242pleonal
rhinal9510192rhinal
shoal83920272sho_al
siphonal1345312siphonal
thenal92712422thenal
tonal53724302_tonal
zonal145116852_zonal
zoonal1558082zoonal

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.43633887.9
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691362.79563932.4
 
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