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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 “golliwog” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
golliwog134182(None) 
golliwogg155851golliwogg
golliwogs1441691golliwogs
gollywog1641751gollywog
polliwog1442221polliwog
golliwoggs165852golliwoggs
gollywogs1751932gollywogs
polliwogs1542092polliwogs
pollywog1742392pollywog
bolling103820883bolli_ng
dolling93817373dolli_ng
galling93921963galli_ng
galliot82214133galli_ot
gallipot1145943gallipot
gelling93219763gelli_ng
gilling93520383gilli_ng
goaling93515333goali_ng
godling103513403godli_ng
golfing12368943golfi_ng
gosling93312403gosli_ng
gulling94019563gulli_ng
gullwing13304923gullwing
lolling83415773lolli_ng
lollipop1241883lollipop
polling102920383polli_ng
pollywogs1842513pollywogs
rolling83620413rolli_ng
tolling83418563tolli_ng

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162287.45619603.3
3Display Results28280.030933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691287.90622601.9
 
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