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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 “chillies” 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.

49 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
chillies13411348(None) 
challies133915641challies
chilies124218301chi_lies
chillier13328421chillier
chilliest14358911chilliest
chillis124411601chilli_s
ghillies12408661ghillies
billies93923502_billies
challie124012852challie_
challis124613462challi_s
challises14358782challises
charlies133414232charlies
chicles143512502chicl_es
childes134211272chi_ldes
childlier1543092childlier
childliest1653862childliest
chiles115425302chi_l_es
chilis115517872chi_li_s
chilled133310932chill_ed
chiller124112182chill_er
chillers133710922chillers
chillest13259592chill_est
chilli114312772chilli__
chillily1644112chillily
chilliness1555312chilliness
chilling143512182chilling
chillness1455372chillness
chills114717702chill__s
chillums1544162chillums
chimblies1845032chimblies
chippies17309752chippies
chitlins13289392chitlins
chitties13310772chitties
chivies153412852chi_vies
chivvies1954422chivvies
collies94326582c_ollies
cullies94419962c_ullies
dillies84122162_dillies
fillies103420252_fillies
ghillie11326352ghillie_
gillies84120962_gillies
hillier103413962_hillier
hilliest113914112_hilliest
hilloes103815962_hilloes
hollies103420812_hollies
killies113318112_killies
sillies73425082_sillies
whirlies14167372whirlies
willies103920152_willies

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059493.50034588.3
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691493.90645747.8
 
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