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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 “delft” 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.

68 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
delft9562332(None) 
deft85540221de_ft
delf85436571delf_
delfs94918671delfs
delfts10439671delfts
delt57855271del_t
belt65754032bel_t
celt65646712cel_t
cleft106222852cleft
daft85537252d_aft
deaf85838402deaf_
dealt65234282dealt
debit85727852debit
debt77139022de_bt
debut86024142debut
deet57356582de_et
def76546722de_f_
defat95426692defat
defi86321492de_fi
defy114921262de_fy
deify124112762deify
deist64633592deist
del46752752del__
delate73827752delate
delay94820632delay
dele56843082del_e
deled75326542deled
deles65139252deles
delete73620702delete
deli55631292del_i
delict94320332delict
delis64928542delis
delist74625052delist
dell56938202del_l
dells66630942dells
delly96023872delly
dels56745472del_s
delta66117772delta
delts65731792delts
delve96018262delve
demit84832302demit
dent57158412de_nt
depot85727922depot
derat65044082derat
dolt56649422dol_t
draft95526682draft
drift95722842drift
dwelt94316522dwel_t
eft66038822_e_ft
elf66138522_elf_
felt75146932fel_t
gelt56448012gel_t
heft106736292he_ft
helot85332682helot
kelt85343192kel_t
left76340482le_ft
melt65752892mel_t
pelf97031452pelf_
pelfs105016292pelfs
pelt67651082pel_t
reft75141272re_ft
relet54749822relet
relit55340682relit
self75138292self_
selfs85220242selfs
veldt94819862veldt
weft105435012we_ft
welt75547862wel_t

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800681.39038705.0
3Display Results68680.0164250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691681.702104988.8
 
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