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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 “adult” 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.

47 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
adult6352065(None) 
adults7299951adults
adust64117451adust
abduct11108542abduct
abut66834952abu_t
adapt81218552adapt
addle74318352addle
adduct1087372adduct
adept81219642adept
adit56443652ad_it
adjust1447182adjust
admit8319492admit
adopt81219742adopt
adulate8313232adulate
adultly1143752adultly
adunc837432adunc
ahull84010312ahull
alt36467962a__lt
alula5317092alula
amulet8419572amulet
atilt54828472atilt
audit62527882audit
auld54125362a_uld
aunt46553652a_unt
cult66541152_cult
daunt65929082daunt
daut56443562dau_t
delt57855272_delt
dolt56649422_dolt
duct75735462_duct
duet56446262_duet
duit56241582_duit
dull56430442_dull
duly85323032_duly
dunt55746872_dunt
dust57142532_dust
educt85017102educt
exult122814122exult
fault85428312fault
gault65128482gault
indult73614032indult
moult74728722moult
poult76928872poult
radula749312radula
sault55834962sault
unadult856642unadult
vault85823762vault

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800471.64032804.9
3Display Results47470.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691471.95391495.6
 
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