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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 “haleru” 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.

40 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
haleru9421207(None) 
haler85033521haler_
halers94926911halers
alert54740652_alert
baler75635272baler_
balers85626932balers
galere73716682galere
hailer94720342hailer_
hailers104017262hailers
halberd1336052halberd
halbert12314502halbert
hale76052832hale__
haled95335822hale_d
hales85449842hale_s
halest94823272halest
halter94420882halter_
haltere103614712haltere
halters104619802halters
halvers133311422halvers
hater85034752hater_
haters94930402haters
hauler95015122hauler_
haulers104012442haulers
haver115124462haver_
havers124721482havers
hayer114620242hayer_
hayers124415942hayers
hazer174820232hazer_
hazers184615952hazers
healer94221802healer_
healers104319462healers
paler75436932paler_
taler56034862taler_
talers64628142talers
thaler94613102thaler_
thalers106212262thalers
waler84229262waler_
walers94824462walers
whaler124611972whaler_
whalers13529702whalers

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 Limit82551402.28036206.6
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691402.62368124.7
 
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