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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 “axal” 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.

126 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
axal11652049(None) 
aal39058671a_al
anal48037521anal
axel115222071axel
axial124515191axial
axil116424451axil
aa219179952a_a_
aah616252962a_ah
aals49941142a_als
aas310975392a_as
aba512850952aba_
abas68642082abas
acyl95314292acyl
afar76720782afar
aga410447232aga_
agar58726412agar
agas55938842agas
aha611246642aha_
ail37171042a_il
ajar116217702ajar
al210674042__al
ala312463602ala_
alae45643752alae
alan46844082alan
alar46340072alar
alas46358122alas
algal66518222algal
all36148232a_ll
ama510853302ama_
amah98927492amah
amas67746292amas
amyl95515102amyl
ana39559832ana_
anas46649862anas
anil46437432anil
annal56520762annal
appal95315222appal
arak86929572arak
areal55928732areal
argal65023392argal
aril45843022aril
artal55525472artal
arval86017012arval
aryl75922342aryl
atap66722452atap
aural54428962aural
ava610139322ava_
avail8313882avail
awa611939672awa_
away108024222away
awl67635302a_wl
awol75620672awol
ax911057782ax__
axe108239492ax_e
axed128829612axed
axels126313632axels
axes117337852axes
axile126020512axile
axils127217502axils
axis116127912axis
axle116424602axle
axman144813182axman
axon115524302axon
axonal1347652axonal
ayah108022992ayah
azan136521782azan
baal67033112baal
bal56662722_bal
banal75925992banal
basal75722282basal
biaxal1536092biaxal
cabal95222152cabal
canal75428042canal
coal66939252coal
coaxal15387302coaxal
coxal146116672coxal
dal47554952_dal
deal56347412deal
dhal86719282dhal
dial55935062dial
dual55928172dual
egal55119432egal
exalt123018532exalt
exam132514622exam
fatal84819372fatal
feal713940422feal
foal76630922foal
gal46055512_gal
gayal9312712gayal
goal55829302goal
hadal95518122hadal
halal85623592halal
hamal104623112hamal
heal75645692heal
jacal14313702jacal
leal46043272leal
meal65643172meal
nasal56217592nasal
natal53921492natal
naval85315832naval
opal66923522opal
oral47638122oral
oval77119522oval
pal56761672_pal
papal95820672papal
peal68648102peal
pial65636702pial
ramal74622242ramal
ratal55025112ratal
real45750292real
rial45938092rial
sabal75422482sabal
sal36462882_sal
salal55425702salal
seal45654372seal
sial45938832sial
tamal73522622tamal
taxa116820092taxa_
taxol124011362taxol
teal45546502teal
vagal94613632vagal
vasal85516292vasal
veal76936812veal
vial76731092vial
weal75838682weal
zeal135530332zeal

Search took 9 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 Filter178691298721.593112172.6
2DLD Change Limit298721263.9837499.9
3Display Results1261260.0632000.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911265.63931688.4
 
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