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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 “halides” 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.

48 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
halides11341666(None) 
halide103417991halide_
halids104016131halid_s
halites103221191halites
abides94719892_abides
aides65336602_a_ides
alines65735222_alines
amides95722662_amides
asides75118872_asides
azides165113802_azides
baldies105317702baldies
bolides10515072bolides
calices114321692calices
chalices15310812chalices
elides74420692_elides
glides84518862_glides
hades96035112ha__des
hafizes2235982hafizes
hagrides1337622hagrides
hales85449842hal__es
halid94424982halid__
halidom1386442halidom
halidomes15104862halidomes
halidoms1485822halidoms
halite93624232halite_
halitus10339962halitus
halloes104021522halloes
haloes94623862hal_oes
haloids113012552haloid_s
halves124717092hal_ves
haplites1339992haplites
hardies114923232hardies
hayrides1536882hayrides
helices12313722helices
helixes1739132helixes
hides95129422h__ides
holies94630032holi_es
hyalines14169332hyalines
hyalites14208832hyalites
lapides103012042lapides
malices114316622malices
malines93625602malines
salines74029412salines
slides73922182_slides
talipes9611602talipes
valines104520212valines
valises103516262valises
walies95324522wali_es

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671483.48330913.3
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691483.87546113.8
 
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