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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 “praline” 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.

42 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
praline9301974(None) 
pralines102217721pralines
proline92321591proline
aline57243152__aline
carline93923612carline
dragline1036842dragline
gradine93317032gradine
grapline1138722grapline
gratine84719192gratine
hyaline132310722hyaline
maline84529082_maline
marline93320952marline
opaline9412482opaline
paling93530132p_aling
pardine103616722pardine
parling103823762parling
patine85328122p_atine
pealike131211272pealike
pealing104123202pealing
percaline13410952percaline
petaline10314882petaline
potline91015232potline
praise84419412pra_ise
prating103424452prating
praying133717322praying
prelife1279942prelife
primine113214822primine
prolines102619692prolines
promine112819442promine
propine113020212propine
purline93516532purline
ralline73518412_ralline
rapine85023082_rapine
ratine65131822_ratine
ratline74517802_ratline
ravine95522222_ravine
reline65434352_reline
saline65132702_saline
tramline10311382tramline
trapline10411862trapline
uralite71714102uralite
valine94623092_valine

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 Filter1786911076710.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit107671423.43631336.1
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.85846317.0
 
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