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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 “thalwegs” 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.

39 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
thalwegs154162(None) 
thalweg1442031thalweg_
thalers106212262thal_ers
thawers13428482tha_wers
thawless1434082thawless
chalehs15268803chal_ehs
chalets122813473chal_ets
chawers154412053cha_wers
halers94926913_hal_ers
hales85449843_hal_e_s
hallels103310133_hallels
haloes94623863_haloe_s
halters104619803_halters
halvers133311423_halvers
halves124717093_halve_s
shales94731253shal_e_s
talers64628143t_al_ers
tales55451373t_al_e_s
talkers113513213t_alkers
tawers94118603t_a_wers
thalamus1343603thalamus
thaler94613103thal_e_r
thallous1136523thallous
thallus1035603thal_lus
thanages12107623thanages
thanes94918983tha_ne_s
thankers15297833thankers
thawed13458463tha_we_d
thawer12489343tha_we_r
thaws116515463tha_w__s
thewless1433923thewless
tholes94919783thol_e_s
thowless1434613thowless
throwers14106033throwers
trawlers113310203trawlers
trawleys14284383trawleys
whalers13529703whal_ers
whales124716943whal_e_s
whalings15256763whalings

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit146162396.67021913.3
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691396.85926052.0
 
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