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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpally” 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.

16 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
pally10572712(None) 
ally76935641_ally
bally105530101bally
dally95324741dally
gally95026171gally
palely11311921palely
pall65039341pall_
palls74332561palls
palmy126016731palmy
palsy105417461palsy
paly95835531pa_ly
patly105020581patly
rally84725901rally
sally85129711sally
tally84526861tally
wally114625091wally

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 Filter178691287560.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit28756160.78036866.7
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691160.920194229.3