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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 “yokels” 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.

50 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
yokels1348806(None) 
yodels104610071yodels
yokel124812611yokel_
yokes125223021yoke_s
botels84815802botels
bowels114315592bowels
cokes115537192coke_s
dowels104813342dowels
hokes126231642hoke_s
hosels94218602hosels
hotels94515512hotels
hovels125413332hovels
jokers175511192jokers
jokes165423332joke_s
koels94613902ko_els
losels64714582losels
models94216352models
mohels115011322mohels
mokes114631032moke_s
morels84820012morels
motels83616892motels
noels56418702no_els
novels95512502novels
okehs12477462_okehs
okes84936342_oke_s
pokers124617922pokers
pokes116133012poke_s
pokeys15529512pokeys
rowels94515452rowels
sokes95031422soke_s
sokols10399092sokols
sorels63921162sorels
tokens104711562tokens
tokers104818892tokers
tokes95234972toke_s
towels94314642towels
vowels124410482vowels
yikes125117752yike_s
yodel94714082yodel_
yodles103714332yodles
yogees10510632yogees
yoke115626392yoke__
yoked134821622yoke_d
yokeless1535302yokeless
yokelish1843982yokelish
yoks116223742yok__s
yonkers14379822yonkers
yores85031322yore_s
yowes114926372yowe_s
yowls115715432yo_wls

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551502.59331836.1
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691502.93560882.8
 
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