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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 “wadmaal” 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.

37 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
wadmaal134320(None) 
wadmaals1442411wadmaals
wadmal1237281wadm_al
wadmals1335512wadmals
wadmel1235522wadm_el
wadmol1234052wadm_ol
wadmoll1352902wadmoll
adman84517903_adm_an
admass957143_admass
admiral1046363_admiral
badman113813843badm_an
camail10314833ca_mail
gadwall1244563gadwall
hadal95518123had__al
haemal113811643haem_al
haematal1345143haematal
hamal104623113ha_m_al
hamaul114210873ha_maul
hammal134512063ha_mmal
kamala12339963ka_mala
madman113712383madm_an
mammal95112753ma_mmal
nadiral836343nadiral
oatmeal944973oatmeal
radial74020393rad_ial
radical103312793radical
ramal74622243ra_m_al
sambal105215183sa_mbal
tamal73522623ta_m_al
wadable13310233wad_able
wadeable1437443wadeable
wadmels1334303wadmels
wadmolls1442573wadmolls
wadmols1333913wadmols
wagtail1145043wagtail
warragal1243863warragal
wassail1056133wassail

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit134027376.20321606.8
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691376.63926915.3
 
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