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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 “parrals” 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.

37 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
parrals9441457(None) 
parral85517531parral_
parrels94713491parrels
argals75517712_argals
arras55626132_arra_s
arrays95311682_arrays
barrels94514362barrels
carpals113414622carpals
carrels95117302carrels
corrals93713852corrals
farfals13268502farfals
hartals10313022hartals
jarrahs1735452jarrahs
marrams11310122marrams
narwals1036982narwals
paras76143042pa_ra_s
parcels113712662parcels
pardahs13289672pardahs
pariahs123812342pariahs
parians93519732parians
parkas125018022parka_s
parlays123910452parlays
parols84722612pa_rols
parrel84515982parrel_
parries93925842parries
parrots9312742parrots
parrs75928672parr__s
partans94418282partans
partials101911952partials
paruras9310532parura_s
pascals11610012pascals
patrols93513512patrols
plurals936912plurals
portals94015562portals
pyrrols1235402pyrrols
sacrals93311792sacrals
tarsals72512602tarsals

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671373.47031029.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.87646101.9
 
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