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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 “yokel” 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.

71 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
yokel12481261(None) 
yodel94714081yodel
yoke115626391yoke_
yoked134821621yoked
yokels13488061yokels
yokes125223021yokes
botel75121862botel
bowel105621202bowel
coke107038382coke_
coked124730692coked
cokes115537192cokes
dowel95618192dowel
hoke115935932hoke_
hoked135326992hoked
hokes126231642hokes
hokey155422182hokey
hosel86024812hosel
hotel85520752hotel
hovel115017682hovel
joke155926162joke_
joked175217912joked
joker165715892joker
jokes165423332jokes
jokey195014692jokey
koel84519942ko_el
losel54419422losel
model84521692model
mohel104914832mohel
moke106234222moke_
mokes114631032mokes
morel75729092morel
motel76623242motel
noel45226552no_el
novel85615992novel
oke75839482_oke_
okeh114615322_okeh
okes84936342_okes
poke105335362poke_
poked125425392poked
poker115122882poker
pokes116133012pokes
pokey145318972pokey
rowel84721412rowel
soke85436262soke_
sokes95031422sokes
sokol94612292sokol
sorel56231442sorel
toke86738492toke_
toked105626492toked
token95419312token
toker95924912toker
tokes95234972tokes
towel84920522towel
vowel115515012vowel
woke115527962woke_
woken124614972woken
yikes125117752yikes
yocked164114422yocked
yodels104610072yodels
yodle94515042yodle
yogee9518062yogee
yok107335242yok__
yoks116223742yok_s
yolked14367152yolked
yonker134110852yonker
yore76335942yore_
yores85031322yores
yowe106728742yowe_
yowed1253025182yowed
yowes114926372yowes
yowl105820952yo_wl

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800711.76330516.2
3Display Results71710.0164437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691712.07586116.1
 
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