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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 “chillis” 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.

44 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
chillis12441160(None) 
challis124613461challis
chilis115517871chi_lis
chilli114312771chilli_
chillies134113481chillies
chills114717701chill_s
ceilis85413742cei_lis
chablis14368562chablis
challas124414122challas
challie124012852challie
challies133915642challies
chichis1737072chichis
chicles143512502chicles
chields13507482chields
chiels115115932chiel_s
childes134211272childes
childish1744392childish
chiles115425302chi_les
chili106218482chi_li_
chilies124218302chilies
chill105619872chill__
chilled133310932chilled
chiller124112182chiller
chillers133710922chillers
chillest13259592chillest
chillier13328422chillier
chilliest14358912chilliest
chillily1644112chillily
chilling143512182chilling
chillum1435442chillum
chillums1544162chillums
chilly144113222chill_y
chimlas1437452chimlas
chitlin12269282chitlin
chitlins13289392chitlins
chollas123811352chollas
cullis84115992c_ullis
ghiblis1353342ghiblis
ghillie11326352ghillie
ghillies12408662ghillies
hillos94618892_hillos
hills85431352_hill_s
shills94519612shill_s
thills95515382thill_s

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671443.04635348.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691443.43851975.3
 
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