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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 “dhoolies” 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.

28 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
dhoolies124696(None) 
dhooties1237641dhooties
doolies83920711d_oolies
coolies93824962_coolies
dholes104914792dh_ol_es
dhootie1136472dhootie_
dhootis1135682dhooti_s
doilies84017362d_oilies
dollies83620982d_ollies
doobies103915672d_oobies
doodies94218772d_oodies
doolees83711612d_oolees
doolie73916832d_oolie_
doozies173812722d_oozies
doylies114512572d_oylies
droolier936072droolier
drooliest1036342drooliest
duopolies1244322duopolies
ghoulies1235392ghoulies
holies94630032_h_olies
hollies103420812_hollies
hoodies113419832_hoodies
hookies144017442_hookies
hoolie93217782_hoolie_
shooflies1544142shooflies
stoolies8311082stoolies
whoopies16267372whoopies
woolies104117362_woolies

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059283.09339139.7
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691283.24954998.8
 
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