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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpails” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
pails7583306(None) 
ails45654711_ails
bails75933521bails
fails85631481fails
hails85231641hails
jails125422941jails
kails95525211kails
mails76037771mails
nails55730401nails
paiks114719851paiks
pail66141831pail_
pains75138281pains
pairs75325831pairs
palls74332561palls
pals66951351pa_ls
pawls105617661pawls
rails55937401rails
sails55738101sails
spails84817821spails
tails55634191tails
vails85825931vails
wails86631481wails

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756220.53054256.6
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691220.606294869.6