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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 “celeb” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

54 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
celeb931487(None) 
celebs1037881celebs
bleb85425222_bleb
cede74928772cede_
ceded96118562ceded
ceder85322242ceder
cedes84927332cedes
cee55952702ce_e_
cees65941592ce_es
ceiled94114952ceiled
ceiler84013962ceiler
cel56040552cel__
celery1139622celery
cell65031722cel_l
cella75420312cella
celled94420322celled
celli76717692celli
cello74919582cello
cells75428062cells
celom9515692celom
cels65534972cel_s
celt65646712cel_t
celts75325782celts
cepe84926652cepe_
cepes94424462cepes
cere66741472cere_
cered85227442cered
ceres75540012ceres
cete64934782cete_
cetes75731102cetes
cleek115514912cleek
clef97028182c_lef
clew95520572c_lew
club85819472c_lub
cole66956112cole_
coled85540762coled
coles76055062coles
cubeb115814662cubeb
culet76040342culet
culex144613932culex
dele56843082dele_
deled75326542deled
deles65139252deles
feeb96924542fe_eb
gelee63626982gelee
kelep116014562kelep
melee73729102melee
pele65539552pele_
peles75738082peles
pleb86123812_pleb
relet54749822relet
tele45040872tele_
teles54536002teles
telex125214822telex

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800541.67032215.6
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691541.98290156.9
 
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