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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 “tailors” 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
tailors7321239(None) 
bailors93212411bailors
jailors14328751jailors
sailors73213721sailors
tailers73720181tailers
tailor63412501tailor_
bailers94221352bailers
bailor83412602bailor_
hailers104017262hailers
jailers144114042jailers
jailor13418572jailor_
mailers94420332mailers
nailers73215892nailers
pallors9314362pallors
parlors9312912parlors
railers74420662railers
retailors9285362retailors
sailers73822322sailers
sailor63113752sailor_
tabors84517112ta_bors
tailer63823732tailer_
tailles72516472tailles
tailored936202tailored
tails55634192tail__s
talars66021682ta_lars
talers64628142ta_lers
talions7314112talions
tallols73311362tallols
tallows103313742tallows
talons64019442ta_lons
tilers63523502t_ilers
toilers74116262toilers
trailers82912922trailers
traitors8310792traitors
valors93413772va_lors
wailers103916802wailers

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit107671364.48324017.6
3Display Results36360.0301200.0
 (SQL Overall)178691365.24934042.9
 
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