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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 “sawmills” 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.

46 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
sawmills134369(None) 
sawbills1344761sawbills
sawmill1244071sawmill_
samiels939762sa_miels
sawbill1255292sawbill_
swills94213362s_w_ills
armilla936993_armilla
armillas1046663_armillas
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
maills84215283ma__ills
mammilla1143933mammilla
mills75435053___mills
sails55738103sa__i_ls
saimins9312113saimi_ns
salmis8514273salmi__s
salsilla844023salsilla
salsillas943853salsillas
sambals115213483sa_mbals
samiel8313333sa_miel_
samites93118713sa_mites
samples112815453sa_mples
sawflies1444743sawflies
seawalls1145233seaw_alls
shills94519613s__hills
shrills10389933s_hrills
sills55135993s___ills
similes92915233s_imiles
skills104313923s__kills
smalls84514123s__malls
smells83914743s__mells
smiles84522293s__miles
soymilks1741403soymilks
spills84717463s__pills
squills1666313s_quills
stills64118573s__tills
swails94913123s_wai_ls
swamies123712063swami_es
swamis114212293swami__s
swells93913983s_w_ells
swill83417373s_w_ill_
swirls94010133s_w_irls
twills9489793_tw_ills
wadmolls1442573wadmolls
waxbills2042783waxbills
waybills1643163waybills
wills84528963__w_ills

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162467.20320291.8
3Display Results46460.0162875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691467.64223382.8
 
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