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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 “doilies” 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.

54 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
doilies8401736(None) 
dailies84219261dailies
dollies83620981dollies
doolies83920711doolies
doylies114512571doylies
bailies94120202bailies
chilies124218302chilies
colies84837052co_lies
collies94326582collies
coolies93824962coolies
dairies84217732dairies
daisies84217092daisies
dallies84023192dallies
deifies113317452deifies
deities82621922deities
dellies83622212dellies
dhoolies1246962dhoolies
didies84621832d_idies
dillies84122162dillies
dobbies124113062dobbies
dobies94422092do_bies
doggies103613022doggies
dogies85022252do_gies
doiled84817292doil_ed
doles67843752do_l_es
dollied93811142dollied
dominies113513192dominies
doobies103915672doobies
doodies94218772doodies
doolees83711612doolees
doolie73916832doolie_
doozies173812722doozies
dories75232362do_ries
dowdies123412732dowdies
dowries114413982dowries
doxies143917852do_xies
follies103618942follies
goalies8316022goalies
holies94630032ho_lies
hollies103420812hollies
homilies132710112homilies
jollies143516272jollies
lilies63021412_lilies
lollies73116922lollies
molies84429512mo_lies
mollies93420232mollies
oilier64417232_oilier
oiliest72817682_oiliest
polies84034582po_lies
roilier7311522roilier
roiliest8312282roiliest
toiles63923512toil_es
voiles94616442voil_es
woolies104117362woolies

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.656272394.8
2DLD Change Limit107671545.12621004.9
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691545.79830819.4
 
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