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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 “dahlt” 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.

34 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
dahl87019221dahl_
dahls95012281dahls
adult63520652adult
alt36467962_a_lt
baht96740012bah_t
daft85537252da_ft
dah78148982dah__
dahlia1035772dahlia
dahs88231812dah_s
daily95922332daily
dal47554952da_l_
dale55643982da_le
dally95324742dally
dals57145122da_ls
dart55857872da_rt
daunt65929082daunt
daut56443562da_ut
davit93424592davit
dawt85435942da_wt
daylit10512492daylit
dealt65234282dealt
delt57855272d_elt
dhal86719282dhal_
dhals95415442dhals
dolt56649422d_olt
dwelt94316522dwelt
fault85428312fault
gault65128482gault
halt76056302ha_lt
malt66254812ma_lt
salt45758522sa_lt
sault55834962sault
shalt85534492shalt
vault85823762vault

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 Limit53800341.59333772.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691341.91993116.7
 
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