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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forparled” 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
parled9462627(None) 
marled95523161marled
paled85538721pa_led
palled94625161palled
pared86946761par_ed
parged104922031parged
parked134425131parked
parle75836161parle_
parles86334391parles
parley116718351parley
paroled104217611paroled
parred95024071parred
parsed96323891parsed
parted94228681parted
pearled10411531pearled
purled94520741purled

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 Filter178691487550.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit48755161.12343415.0
3Display Results16160.0161000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691161.265141257.7