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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 “girlier” 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.

48 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
girlier828952(None) 
girlie73711461girlie_
girlies83013701girlies
airier64619362air_ier
airliner836952airliner
birler85715082birl_er
burlier93514412burlier
curlier93314182curlier
dirtier83312092dirtier
earlier72612742earlier
firrier103410132firrier
gainlier965672gainlier
germier10309542germier
giddier10308722giddier
gigglier1154322gigglier
gilder84415532gi_lder
giller74519732gi_ller
gillie74816942gillie_
gillied95512312gillied
gillies84120962gillies
gimpier12247942gimpier
ginnier8298982ginnier
girder84312062gir_der
girdler9227312girdler
girliest93010402girliest
girlish1137192girlish
gnarlier9255162gnarlier
godlier938892godlier
gorier73719372gor_ier
gorsier83811072gorsier
griller84513352griller
grimier103210432grimier
gripier103210322gripier
grislier935792grislier
hillier103413962hillier
inlier63615362_inlier
marlier92614772marlier
millier93716702millier
mirier83918362mir_ier
mirkier13319052mirkier
oilier64417232oi_lier
sillier74017592sillier
surlier72915442surlier
swirlier1135212swirlier
twirlier1133512twirlier
whirlier14175292whirlier
wilier93217072wi_lier
wirier94215552wir_ier

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671483.26332997.5
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.63949104.4
 
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