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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 “galeae” 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.

41 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
galeae7471745(None) 
galea64722941galea_
galeas74618511galeas
galeate83916791galeate
galere73716681galere
paleae84820291paleae
agleam9158622agleam
aglee65728492agle_e
alae45643752_al_ae
alee46652322_ale_e
algae65319622_algae
areae55229742_areae
gala55635162gal_a_
galah95917642gal_ah
galas65731642gal_as
galax135314462gal_ax
gale56347322gal__e
galeated104111582galeated
galena74911092galena
galenas83310342galenas
galeres83514342galeres
gales65442482gale_s
galette84212702galette
gallate83417132gallate
galore73514872galore
galyac1235972galyac
galyak1445332galyak
gamete9313592gamete
gateau778112gateau
gelee63626982gele_e
gleam86916732g_leam
glean65818202g_lean
glebae9407612g_lebae
glebe85016442g_lebe
glede75517832g_lede
glee55239062g_le_e
maleate94117542maleate
palea75028662palea_
paleal84716672paleal
paleate94120002paleate
salpae84614272salpae

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.56032246.5
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.91961216.5
 
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