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

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

14 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
beefaloes144323(None) 
beefalos1343651beefalo_s
beefalo1244082beefalo__
buffaloes1742092buffaloes
beefcakes2042203beefcakes
beefless1335493beef_less
beefwoods1843173beefwoods
beetles9312083bee_tl_es
befallen1344043b_efallen
befalls12349123b_efal_ls
behalves1644083b_ehalves
buffaloed1841553buffaloed
buffalos1642863buffalo_s
enhaloes1197343_enhaloes

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641148.09318366.6
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691148.54620909.3