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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forballies” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 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
ballies9372574(None) 
allies63827671_allies
bailies94120201bailies
baldies105317701baldies
bellies94023721bellies
billies93923501billies
bullies94121891bullies
dallies84023191dallies
gallies84122711gallies
rallies73823341rallies
sallies73227811sallies
tallies73624601tallies
wallies103320741wallies

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 Filter178691695830.0961861364.6
2DLD Change Limit69583131.28054361.7
3Display Results13130.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691131.376129862.6