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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 “telefaxes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
telefaxes194381(None) 
telefax1743202telefax__
telexes1438352tele__xes
telotaxes1644642telotaxes
deleaves1248063dele_aves
delegates1139843delegates
elevates111110423_elevates
palefaces1645303palefaces
poleaxes1767273pole_axes
relaxes143215323rel__axes
releases8313343rele_ases
relegates10310943relegates
selenates91611363selenates
telecasts1145543telecasts
telefilms1442383telefilms
telegas837443telega__s
telemarks1543663telemarks
telepaths1444413telepaths
telerans859473telera_ns
teleses7313123tele__ses
teletexts1642833teletexts
teletypes14114953teletypes
televises1246353televises
telexed1536323tele__xed
telltales944393telltales
telotaxis1643523telotaxis
tepefies1346893tepef_ies
tolerates9312123tolerates
typefaces1942523typefaces
welfares1445543wel_fares

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641307.22020587.4
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691307.65623340.0
 
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