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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 “celebs” 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.

35 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
celebs103788(None) 
celeb9314871celeb_
blebs96416152_blebs
ceders93817672ceders
cedes84927332cede_s
cees65941592ce_e_s
ceilers93912532ceilers
celery1139622celery
cellos84517802cellos
cells75428062cel_ls
celoms10412122celoms
cels65534972cel__s
celts75325782cel_ts
cepes94424462cepe_s
ceres75540012cere_s
cereus85215522cereus
cetes75731102cete_s
cleeks125010542cleeks
clefs106616242c_lefs
clews105516332c_lews
clubs95415102c_lubs
coles76055062cole_s
coleus86818272coleus
cubebs12508682cubebs
culets85518512culets
deles65139252dele_s
feebs106112682fe_ebs
gelees74116262gelees
iceless9219962iceless
keleps12478812keleps
melees83618082melees
peles75738082pele_s
plebs95814582_plebs
relets64025672relets
teles54536002tele_s

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.22037185.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691352.57669367.6
 
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