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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 “ukeleles” 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.

32 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
ukeleles125266(None) 
ukelele1142991ukelele_
ukuleles1242181ukuleles
ukulele1142402ukulele_
alleles73812033_alleles
belles85325993_bel_les
deletes83117933_deletes
duxelles1643963duxel_les
ekpweles1741903ekpweles
gelees74116263_gele_es
keckles12318763_keckles
keeled114414273_ke_eled
keelless12236193_keelless
keels94622413_ke_el_s
keeves133711993_ke_eves
kegeler1245493_kegeler
kegelers1355163_kegelers
keleps12478813_kele_ps
kellies113516853_kellies
kelpies13289903_kelpies
ketenes114813503_ketenes
kettles113411613_kettles
kevels134410713_kevel_s
melees83618083_mele_es
releves103914973_releves
selles64426983_sel_les
skells105013783skel_l_s
teleses7313123_teleses
telexes1438353_telexes
unkeeled13117183unke_eled
urodeles945563urodeles
useless7188423usele_ss

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162326.90621164.5
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691327.31224438.0
 
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