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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 “challies” 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.

37 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
challies13391564(None) 
challie124012851challie_
challis124613461challi_s
challises14358781challises
charlies133414231charlies
chillies134113481chillies
allies63827672__allies
ballies93725742_ballies
callees94117782c_allees
cavallies1446392cavallies
chablis14368562chabli_s
chalcids1635892chalcids
chalices15310812chalices
chalkier1736752chalkier
chalkiest1837082chalkiest
challahs16377562challahs
challas124414122chall_as
chalones13312172chalones
chammies172910162chammies
chanties132615802chanties
chappies172610092chappies
charlie123011922charlie_
chilies124218302ch_ilies
chillier13328422chillier
chilliest14358912chilliest
chillis124411602chilli_s
collies94326582c_ollies
cullies94419962c_ullies
dallies84023192_dallies
gallies84122712_gallies
ghillies12408662ghillies
halloes104021522_halloes
hollies103420812_hollies
rallies73823342_rallies
sallies73227812_sallies
tallies73624602_tallies
wallies103320742_wallies

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit121059374.11029454.7
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691374.55939195.2
 
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