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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 “vinyl” 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.

38 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
vinyl11531162(None) 
vinal85725811vinal
viny106025951viny_
vinyls12467001vinyls
binal75323822binal
bivinyl1542732bivinyl
final83922032final
idyl85912302_idyl
inly75622212_inly
liny78141322liny_
nonyl849772nonyl
piny911838352piny_
sibyl1037112sibyl
tiny76134632tiny_
vainly1258502vainly
veinal93812962veinal
veiny115414362veiny_
venal85523212venal
vial76731092vi_al
vigil94313002vigil
vill75235072vi_ll
vina76331802vin_a
vinals94716482vinals
vinas85126342vinas
vinca105315162vinca
vine75643682vin_e
vineal94814742vineal
vined95626152vined
vines85137642vines
vinic10314972vinic
vino76128432vin_o
vinos84723072vinos
vinylic1543882vinylic
viol76523592vi_ol
viral86419592viral
virl76224472vi_rl
vital84819672vital
winy107034322winy_

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800381.51335558.5
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691381.87295454.6
 
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