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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 “ashfall” 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.

56 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
ashfall134394(None) 
ashfalls1443431ashfalls
shall85024052_sh_all
ahull84010313a_h_ull
appall10379743a_ppall
ashcake1663373ashcake
ashcan1135843ashca_n
ashcans1235183ashcans
ashlar9338193ashla_r
ashlars10297063ashlars
ashman1148383ashma_n
ashram1139053ashra_m
ashrams1236653ashrams
asphalt1248083asphalt
assail6610153as_sail
astral66919283astra_l
astrally1148883astrally
astrals75515243astrals
baseball1245623baseball
bashful1556553bashf_ul
bashfully2043843bashfully
befall114410643_befall
catfall1237393catfall
dewfall1453763dewfall
fall75535313___fall
fastball1344913fastball
hall75741163__h_all
icefall1254313icefall
infall939403_infall
landfall1244203landfall
marshall1345483marsh_all
outfall1039683outfall
pitfall1245823pitfall
pushball1543313pushball
rainfall1144483rainfall
refall94314393_refall
sall44544683_s__all
scall74420373_s_call
shale85332833_sh_ale
shalt85534493_sh_alt
shaly114322863_sh_aly
shaul85418103_sh_aul
shawl116217573_sh_awl
sheal84927703_shea_l
sheals94420643_sheals
shell84424123_sh_ell
shill85325333_sh_ill
shoal83920273_shoa_l
shoals94215793_shoals
shoaly124010773_shoaly
shrill94712303_shrill
small74016263_s_mall
spall74919303_s_pall
squall1538003_squall
stall54722353_s_tall
thrall93810293_thrall

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 Filter1786911340270.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit134027567.09318895.7
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691567.54523683.4
 
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