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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 “halloaed” 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.

31 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
halloaed12151015(None) 
halloed113314911hallo_ed
hallooed12168771hallooed
hallowed15179491hallowed
hilloaed12136921hilloaed
holloaed12157391holloaed
hulloaed12105801hulloaed
allowed111610072_allowed
alloyed11158032_alloyed
balloted1189042balloted
fallowed15127752fallowed
galloped12107142galloped
halliard12125962halliard
halloa94918122halloa__
halloas104318462halloa_s
halloes104021522hallo_es
hallower14139812hallower
haloed104717602ha_lo_ed
helloed113512422hello_ed
hilloed113211292hillo_ed
hollaed11359852holl_aed
holloed113812752hollo_ed
hollooed12146492hollooed
hollowed15157022hollowed
hulloed11369792hullo_ed
hullooed12135092hullooed
sallowed12149032sallowed
shallowed1655082shallowed
tallowed12157712tallowed
walloped14146832walloped
wallowed15148162wallowed

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 Filter1786911210590.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121059313.82631641.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.98244874.7
 
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