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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 “salsas” 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.

68 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
salsas6531613(None) 
balsas86417521balsas
salpas85116921salpas
salsa56718921salsa_
alas46358122_al_as
albas75925392_albas
alfas87219042_alfas
algas65624932_algas
alias55834602_alias
almas76629772_almas
balas76937212bal_as
balsa77920412balsa_
balsam105612232balsam
balsams11579012balsams
calesas9411832calesas
callas84526752callas
casas75327842ca_sas
galas65731642gal_as
galeas74618512galeas
halmas117017892halmas
halvas124714172halvas
hansas94616042hansas
kalpas124112942kalpas
masas75630412ma_sas
massas85116462massas
nalas55528362nal_as
paisas84317492paisas
sabras85116362sabras
sagas66025882sa_gas
saigas74114292saigas
salaam8711012salaam
salaams997702salaams
salad65321832sal_ad
salads75316962salads
salal55425702sal_al
salals65120082salals
saleps85014902saleps
sales56055592sal_es
salinas73116092salinas
salivas10309602salivas
salmis8514272salmis
salols64017872salols
salons63823692salons
salpa75018352salpa_
salpae84614272salpae
salps74423242sal_ps
sals46851672sal__s
salts55431882sal_ts
salves94221762salves
salvias10279932salvias
salvos94613382salvos
sambas104219262sambas
samosas939302samosas
sangas75222652sangas
sansar63613392sansar
sansars73313912sansars
sarsar63011842sarsar
sarsars73512142sarsars
sass45035622sa_s_s
sasses64124392sasses
saunas63915432saunas
selvas93812912selvas
silvas92912182silvas
sulfas9311562sulfas
sylvas12288172sylvas
talas55935892tal_as
valses94514612valses
wallas95719392wallas

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551682.67330883.3
3Display Results68680.0302266.7
 (SQL Overall)178691683.04658664.1
 
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