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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 “alga” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

145 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
alga5792760(None) 
aga410447231a_ga
ala312463601al_a
alba68328331alba
alfa77624271alfa
algae65319621algae
algal66518221algal
algas65624931algas
alma66333021alma
anga56831351anga
aa219179952a__a
aba512850952a_ba
abba810522652abba
acta69524802acta
ag311067462a_g_
agar58726412a_gar
agas55938842a_gas
age47154332a_ge
agha87417302agha
agly86821802agly
agma77623262agma
ago48845522a_go
ags47551662a_gs
aha611246642a_ha
ajuga1335882ajuga
al210674042al__
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alas46358122alas
alb57342652al_b
albas75925392albas
albs68628572albs
ale36572342al_e
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
alegar739282alegar
ales47067102ales
alfas87219042alfas
algid75415582algid
algin65718762algin
algor6513052algor
algum82711762algum
alias55834602alias
alif76242142alif
align65016502align
alit46155692alit
aliya83713482aliya
alky115920342alky
all36148232al_l
allay85620392allay
alls46740922alls
ally76935642ally
almah106917252almah
almas76629772almas
alme65832162alme
alms65834922alms
aloe45540192aloe
aloha8513612aloha
alow75328592alow
alp56641132al_p
alpha1049652alpha
alps65529242alps
als36663022al_s
also46423442also
alt36467962al_t
altar55520642altar
alto47831262alto
alts46639902alts
alula5317092alula
alum65227612alum
alway116113922alway
ama510853302a_ma
amia66836902amia
amiga85514812amiga
ana39559832a_na
angas65827982angas
anna45529012anna
anoa45634472anoa
ansa45927772ansa
anta46839582anta
aqua132813962aqua
area45843392area
argal65023392argal
aria46245422aria
asea46327182asea
atma68121772atma
aura45836252aura
ava610139322a_va
avgas96912132avgas
awa611939672a_wa
balsa77920412balsa
belga8313232belga
calla74827072calla
clag75924572clag
dagga839542dagga
fanga96119622fanga
flag87427082flag
flea75628492flea
gaga66625552gaga
gala55635162gal_a
galea64722932galea
giga66720942giga
glia56423152glia
halma108219252halma
halva115414432halva
ilea45931462ilea
ilia46026822ilia
ilka87215152ilka
juga126417322juga
kalpa114512192kalpa
la219261632_l_a
lag47862122lag_
lagan66520342lagan
lags56546222lags
lama66635292lama
lava76725422lava
lea37660182_lea
manga85026202manga
mega77620872mega
nala46930392nal_a
olea46532722olea
olla44821172olla
palea75028662palea
panga85323532panga
plea66830602plea
raga55930812raga
ruga56121232ruga
saga55331172saga
saiga64717932saiga
salpa75018352salpa
salsa56718922salsa
sanga66023792sanga
slag55934352slag
taiga64115662taiga
tala45938052tal_a
tanga64923692tanga
toga57027412toga
ulna46317332ulna
ulva75412692ulva
viga85622962viga
walla85321032walla
yoga87418052yoga
yuga85615422yuga

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 Filter178691298720.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit298721450.82636164.6
3Display Results1451450.0502900.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911451.139156884.1
 
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