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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsells” 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.

26 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
sells5513443(None) 
bells76432161bells
cells75428061cells
dells66630941dells
ells46431351_ells
fells85327381fells
hells85032041hells
jells125522161jells
mells75031331mells
seals54839691seals
seels55632821seels
selfs85220241selfs
sell45840611sell_
selle54428311selle
selles64426981selles
sels46345981se_ls
shells94319521shells
sills55135981sills
skells105013781skells
smells83914741smells
snells64614201snells
spells84617681spells
swells93913981swells
tells55828941tells
wells85426191wells
yells85821941yells

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756260.62645936.1
3Display Results26260.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691260.702254545.6