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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forballing” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

17 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
balling10442476(None) 
bailing103723521bailing
balding114015061balding
baling94829691ba_ling
balking143717351balking
bawling133813861bawling
belling103825071belling
billing103823851billing
bolling103820881bolling
bulling104324791bulling
calling103826771calling
falling113621581falling
galling93921961galling
lalling83519621lalling
malling103623661malling
palling104024481palling
walling113520971walling

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 Filter178691695830.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit69583171.31352995.4
3Display Results17170.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691171.406127091.7