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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search fortelefax” 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.

41 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
telefax174320(None) 
telefaxes1943812telefaxes
telega736772telega_
telegas837442telegas
teleman959572teleman
teleran7510172teleran
telex125214822tele__x
terefah1344112terefah
beleap10410283bele_ap
delead84112343dele_ad
melena81110473melena_
melenas999203melenas
poleax1547993pole_ax
relax124817803rel__ax
tela45532973tel__a_
telae54323293tel__ae
tele45040873tele___
telecast1048293telecast
telecom1146813telecom
teledu737303tele_du
teledus835093teledus
telefilm1343453telefilm
telegram1146003telegram
telemark1444123telemark
telemen9310173telemen
teleost7410523teleost
telepath1345143telepath
teleplay1343073teleplay
telerans859473telerans
teles54536003tele__s
teleses7313123teleses
telesis7310793telesis
teletext1545253teletext
telexed1536313telexed
telexes1438343telexes
telfer9379893tel_fer
telfers10299073telfers
telia55821143tel_ia_
telial65815363tel_ial
tepefy1434803tepef_y
trefah1235093t_refah

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 Filter1786911340270.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit134027417.59617644.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691417.74923059.9