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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 “chalazal” 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.

33 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
chalazal224387(None) 
chalaza2145731chalaza_
chalazae2244421chalazae
chalazas2245891chalazas
chalazia2245132chalazia
calamar1149293c_alamar
caracal11312513c_aracal
chaetal1238283cha_etal
chalah143511663chal__ah
chalahs15289883chala_hs
chalazion23113723chalazion
challa114014193chal_la_
challah15458323chal_lah
challas124414123chal_las
chalupa1444473chalupa_
chalupas1554383chalupas
chaparral1652153chaparral
charcoal15165743charcoal
charlatan1443543charlatan
chasmal14158213cha_smal
chazan20269133ch__azan
chazzan20204853cha_zzan
chiliadal1552193chiliadal
chloral12169983ch_loral
halakah17517963_halakah
halal85623593_hal__al
halala94715093_halala_
halalah13429393_halalah
halalas104214083_halalas
halavah16447023_halavah
hallal94415563_hal_lal
palatal9310153_palatal
phalangal1552473phalangal

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162337.06320694.0
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.49923828.6
 
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