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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 “holidays” 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.

55 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
holidays154410(None) 
holiday1436141holiday_
holydays1843471holydays
holidayed1742162holidayed
holidayer1642072holidayer
holidayers1751632holidayers
holyday1743772holyday_
alidads936293_alidads
bolides10515073bolid_es
bolivars1344973bolivars
folkways2143143folkways
halides113416663halid_es
halidoms1485823halidoms
halids104016133halid__s
hallways1745423hallways
helipads1443873helipads
heydays1734143h_eydays
hodads1147963ho__dads
hoidens11329083ho_idens
holdall1145473hol_dall
holdalls1244333hol_dalls
holders113715903hol_ders
holdings13297743holdings
holds94623243hol_d__s
holdups1333593hol_dups
holibuts1363953holibuts
holidaying1842393holidaying
holies94630033holi__es
holily123612953holi_ly_
holiness112512503holiness
holisms123811113holi_sms
holists104413963holi_sts
hollas94616903hol_la_s
holloas103814943holloa_s
hondas10313353ho_nda_s
hooligans1342823hooligans
hoorays13418373ho_orays
houdahs1434243ho_udahs
howdahs1733613ho_wdahs
lidars7310783__lidars
noondays1242883noondays
nowadays1542263nowadays
oilways1334873_oilways
rollways1444233rollways
soldans83210403sol_dans
solidago1042773solidago
solidagos1142563solidagos
solidary1245103solidary
solidly1137353solidly_
solids74116403solid__s
solidus8338113solid_us
todays10458103to__days
tolidins948023tolidins
tollways1444133tollways
workdays1942903workdays

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162556.84321359.3
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691557.26524596.1
 
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