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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 “kalians” 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.

35 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
kalians1131018(None) 
kalian10312161kalian_
alans55636172_al_ans
alias55834602_alia_s
aliens65619212_aliens
aligns75312952_aligns
avians93711562_avians
banians9312032banians
callans94518472callans
kaftans14185352kaftans
kaiaks937042ka_iaks
kains96125642ka_i_ns
kalams12310602kal_ams
kalifs134410982kali_fs
kaliphs1634292kaliphs
kaliums1336602kaliums
kalmias1347972kalmia_s
kalpacs15327132kalpacs
kalpaks12366162kalpaks
kalpas124112942kalpa_s
kanbans1337722kanbans
kaoliang1341822kaoliang
kaoliangs1441662kaoliangs
kaolins1139362kaoli_ns
kations114013662kations
lallans74113532lallans
magians10310752magians
maligns1038132maligns
parians93519732parians
radians83013822radians
salinas73116092salinas
salpians1036762salpians
talions7314112talions
valiant10314622valiant
valiants1137792valiants

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671353.50030763.1
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.88945947.8
 
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