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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forghyll” 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.

26 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
ghyll124632(None) 
ghylls1335141ghylls
ahull84010312ahull
chill105619872chill
chyle134913482chyle
gall56335992g_all
gayal9312712gayal
gayly124513092gayly
ghoul959052ghoul
gill56336182g_ill
grill64617892grill
gull54828452g_ull
hall75741162_hall
hell75637892_hell
hill76439492_hill
hull75428782_hull
hyla106716512_hyla
idyll9436712idyll
phyla13469182phyla
phyle134111152phyle
phyllo1435872phyllo
shall85024052shall
shell84424122shell
shill85325332shill
shyly144811572shyly
thill85918732thill

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800261.62333148.5
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691261.93692299.1