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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 “idols” 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.

85 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
idols6551413(None) 
diols65521011diols
dols56943051_dols
idol56818631idol_
idyls9498801idyls
indols74714201indols
ados57633512ado_s
aldols7109712aldols
amidols10457562amidols
awols84713522awols
cibols1039522cibols
cols66553082_cols
cools75632632cools
dals57145122_dals
dels56745472_dels
dials64925342dials
didoes85716962didoes
didos76820812dido_s
dills65530972dills
diol57329132diol_
dirls64720502dirls
docs75631152_docs
does56554472_does
dogs66440152_dogs
dol47150652_dol_
dole56550002_dole
doles67843752_doles
doll56632492_doll
dolls66126922_dolls
dolt56649422_dolt
dolts65626312_dolts
doms76239572_doms
dons56048702_dons
dors56747602_dors
dos48062312_do_s
doss56235042_doss
dots55647662_dots
dows85941052_dows
eidola737682eidola
eidos65817752eido_s
enols54718402enols
fidos95819052fido_s
fools86824202fools
gaols66717572gaols
hols76946292_hols
icons76516492icons
ideals75012502ideals
ideas65919012ideas
ides57734232id_es
idioms956412idioms
idiots768642idiots
idle55423762id_le
idles66720122idles
idly85617322id_ly
idolise839292idolise
idolism1037272idolism
ids47535472id__s
idyl85912302idyl_
idyll9436712idyll
idylls10425252idylls
ikons96311012ikons
ills47030422i_lls
indol63714872indol_
indole74516052indole
indoles83716362indoles
indows104210792indows
iodous7311502iodous
ions46737852i_ons
irons55324132irons
lidos65219882lido_s
mols65948572_mols
mools76027172mools
nicols8810242nicols
obols73715862obols
odors64514282odors
odyls9428652odyls
pols66044562_pols
pools74427702pools
sols45448162_sols
tools55325242tools
udons65411462udons
udos56619902udo_s
viols86118102viols
widows1376562widows
wools84421462wools

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800851.48336277.8
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691851.81298615.3
 
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