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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 “refalls” 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.

40 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
refalls10331224(None) 
befalls12349121befalls
recalls92613621recalls
refall94314391refall_
refills103711421refills
befall114410642befall_
begalls10319162begalls
dewfalls1543072dewfalls
falls85727652__falls
icefalls1344252icefalls
infalls1038942infalls
reales64934122re_ales
really93315612re_ally
realms84913492re_alms
reals55038652re_a_ls
rebills93510622rebills
recall83815722recall_
refaces123216742refaces
refallen1136212refallen
refeels10379692refeels
refell94214442refell_
refels94618052ref_els
refiles104122422refiles
refill94514052refill_
refilms12347502refilms
reflags1156952reflags
refolds11298952refolds
refuels10399522refuels
regales83520792regales
regally1159872regally
remails94714562remails
renails74917262renails
repolls939052repolls
rerolls739942rerolls
resails74616742resails
resales74724902resales
resells73313202resells
retails74718972retails
retally10413682retally
retells73211522retells

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671403.28032826.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.65648876.1
 
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