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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 “chiao” 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.

80 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
chiao10561836(None) 
chao95727311ch_ao
chia96026621chia_
chias104625521chias
chico124218251chico
chino105823311chino
chiro105320341chiro
ciao64924181c_iao
cacao95420002cacao
chad105525502ch_ad
chai95929902ch_ai
chain105723672chain
chair105519632chair
chais107530312chais
cham115532312ch_am
chaos105622862ch_aos
chap114928492ch_ap
char95132152ch_ar
chat95546132ch_at
chaw126224632ch_aw
chay124924872ch_ay
cheap126915942cheap
cheapo134810082cheapo
cheat105732452cheat
chemo12313632chemo
chi86228652chi__
chiasm13449102chiasm
chiaus113611312chiaus
chic115925202chi_c
chica125818262chica
chicano1496872chicano
chicas135916472chicas
chick165419132chick
chicos134614832chicos
chics123920942chics
chid106626402chi_d
chide115321012chide
chief134419482chief
chiel104918972chiel
chigoe1237532chigoe
child114516222child
chile105626892chile
chili106218482chili
chill105619872chill
chimar133911472chimar
chimb144813562chimb
chime125322592chime
chimp145216472chimp
chin96934742chi_n
china105022482china
chinas115119402chinas
chine105231722chine
chink145321592chink
chinos115018692chinos
chins105631462chins
chip116726422chi_p
chips125721252chips
chiral114614412chiral
chirk144516182chirk
chirm125317062chirm
chiros114617772chiros
chirp124717162chirp
chirr105015902chirr
chiru105317152chiru
chis95933312chi_s
chit96937462chi_t
chital114313882chital
chiton112612392chiton
chits105424572chits
chive135117622chive
chivy164810362chivy
cholo105217972cholo
hao67251122_h_ao
jiao115017842_jiao
ohia75719362ohia_
ohias84415572ohias
phial10313202phial
rhino84614322rhino
schizo20115992schizo
thio77225412thi_o

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800801.56334421.0
3Display Results80800.0332424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691801.90693751.8
 
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