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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 “chilli” 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.

48 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
chilli11431277(None) 
chili106218481chi_li
chill105619871chill_
chillis124411601chillis
chills114717701chills
chilly144113221chilly
ceili75814792cei_li
celli76717692c_elli
challa114014192challa
challie124012852challie
challis124613462challis
chally144314292chally
chichi1637092chichi
chicle134312542chicle
chicly16429202chicly
chiel104918972chiel_
chield124610212chield
chiels115115932chiels
child114516222chi_ld
childe124711212childe
childly1644802childly
chile105626892chi_le
chiles115425302chiles
chilis115517872chilis
chilled133310932chilled
chiller124112182chiller
chillier13328422chillier
chillies134113482chillies
chillily1644112chillily
chilling143512182chilling
chillum1435442chillum
chimla1337592chimla
chitlin12269282chitlin
cholla113911022cholla
ghibli1243492ghibli
ghillie11326352ghillie
hili75626632_hi_li
hill76439492_hill_
hillo84721652_hillo
hills85431352_hills
hilly114422162_hilly
phalli1148262phalli
shill85325332shill_
shills94519612shills
thalli958922thalli
thill85918732thill_
thills95515382thills
villi86517852_villi

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit82551483.03327217.6
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691483.41952264.1
 
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