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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 “snell” 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.

90 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
snell5451730(None) 
knell94210921knell
sell45840611s_ell
shell84424121shell
skell94915831skell
smell74916231smell
snells64614201snells
spell75020301spell
swell84815981swell
anele55628832anele
bell66237182_bell
cell65031722_cell
dell56938202_dell
dwell9519852dwell
ell36735682__ell
fell76833072_fell
hell75637892_hell
jell117125872_jell
kneel95012032kneel
knells10439252knells
knelt94617682knelt
knoll9389602knoll
kvell12436692kvell
mell64935612_mell
nelly84618812_nelly
nill45634302_nill
null45125312_null
quell144311432quell
sall44544682s_all
sanely93114612sanely
scall74420372scall
scull75315762scull
seal45654372s_eal
seel45042982s_eel
seels55632822seels
seely84522632seely
sel38253322s_e_l
self75138292s_elf
selle54428312s_elle
sells55134432s_ells
sels46345982s_els
shall85024052shall
sheal84927702sheal
shelf115221112shelf
shells94319522shells
shelly124414472shelly
sheol84318372sheol
shill85325332shill
sill45545152s_ill
skells105013782skells
skelm114211292skelm
skelp114211422skelp
skill94316722skill
skull94812032skull
small74016262small
smells83914742smells
smelly114110362smelly
smelt74726782smelt
snail57020202snail
snarl54921082snarl
sneak96016172sneak
sneap75514822sneap
sneck114713662sneck
sned56026052sne_d
sneds65715352sneds
sneer54919952sneer
snelled83313042snelled
sneller73512842sneller
snool55118642snool
spall74919302spall
speel74420762speel
speil75618642speil
spells84617682spells
spelt75430192spelt
spill74821162spill
stall54722352stall
steal56125472steal
steel55721992steel
stela54019042stela
stele55026842stele
stella63612972stella
still54922082still
stull54916272stull
swells93913982swells
swill83417372swill
tell44934702_tell
unsell63512542unsell
unwell9349442unwell
well75832042_well
yell76028322_yell

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800901.53335094.6
3Display Results90900.0165625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691901.85996122.1
 
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