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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 “gloam” 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.

69 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
gloam8601594(None) 
glam76529341gl_am
gleam86916731gleam
gloams95210661gloams
gloat65427681gloat
glom75424381glo_m
gloom87116521gloom
loam65630481_loam
agleam9158622agleam
blam86131702bl_am
bloat75229922bloat
bloom95918972bloom
clam86332292cl_am
cloak115214012cloak
flam96333292fl_am
fleam106017282fleam
float85928572float
foam97127172_foam
gam67060062g__am
glad65624012gl_ad
glams85822932gl_ams
gleams94812252gleams
gleamy12398112gleamy
glean65818202glean
glia56423152glia_
glial66715432glial
glias64618492glias
glim76026352gl_im
glioma935952glioma
gloats74515422gloats
glob76623392glo_b
global937662global
globe84917012globe
globs85616402globs
glogg837352glogg
gloms85219782gloms
glooms96211682glooms
gloomy12528762gloomy
glop76724632glo_p
glops85619552glops
glory96413292glory
gloss64319622gloss
glost65422932glost
glout65925812glout
glove94516292glove
glow85222522glo_w
glows95518032glows
gloze154815982gloze
glum75825102gl_um
goa47343802g_oa_
goad66830982g_oad
goal55829302g_oal
goas55239942g_oas
goat56250832g_oat
golem8416112golem
gorm75529392g_orm
gram77034582g_ram
groan65618422groan
groat65531972groat
groom85317982groom
lam57666712_l_am
load56730602_load
loaf76734902_loaf
loams75619862_loams
loamy105913342_loamy
loan47436452_loan
loom67035052_loom
roam67132412_roam
slam67737972sl_am

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 Limit53800691.64032804.9
3Display Results69690.0164312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691691.96690890.6
 
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