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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 “palsied” 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.

34 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
palsied10291130(None) 
palsies94420271palsies
allied74217152_allied
daisied93410012daisied
dallied93713612dallied
falsie93513852falsie_
falsies103515012falsies
gallied94115002gallied
palaced124110782palaced
paled85538722pal__ed
palier85023562pal_ier
palled94625162pal_led
pallid93915282palli_d
pallier94417162pallier
palmed114314642pal_med
palmier113312172palmier
palped114513642pal_ped
pandied113913442pandied
pansies94521982pansies
parried103615722parried
parsed96323892pars_ed
parslied1137822parslied
partied103516552partied
pashed125923142pa_shed
passed94320942pa_ssed
pasted94426902pa_sted
patsies93919482patsies
paused95114962paus_ed
plashed133712642plashed
plied85118592p_l_ied
pulsed94013722puls_ed
rallied83514082rallied
sallied83316952sallied
tallied83314752tallied

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671344.90621946.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.29833728.0
 
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