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

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

20 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
alkaline1216828(None) 
alkalin11178181alkalin_
alkalise12178041alkalise
alkalize21177631alkalize
alanine7316862al_anine
alkali10127562alkali__
alkalic13146972alkali_c
alkalies12158542alkalies
alkalify1842822alkalify
alkalinize23143022alkalinize
alkalis11148792alkali_s
alkalised14155262alkalised
alkalises13167482alkalises
alkalized23146602alkalized
alkalizer22155562alkalizer
alkalizes22157352alkalizes
alkane104313322alka__ne
alkine104916802alk__ine
balkline1437972balk_line
silkaline1344242silkaline

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059203.59333693.0
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691203.99944683.9