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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 “palmettos” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

32 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
palmettos134370(None) 
palmettes1346881palmettes
palmetto1244981palmetto_
palmettoes1442971palmettoes
falsettos1242712falsettos
paletots1047802pal_etots
palettes103112832pal_ettes
pallettes1148802pallettes
palmette1247732palmett_e
cavettos1344973ca_vettos
dolcettos1242433dolcettos
falsetto1143693falsetto_
galettes93111153gal_ettes
paillettes1244653paillettes
paletot9413713pal_e_tot
palets85122313pal_e_t_s
palette93613983pal_ett_e
pallets93919303palle_t_s
pallette1039513pallett_e
palmation13310223palmation
palmations1438733palmations
palmers113513623palme__rs
palmists12268813palmist_s
palmitates1445453palmitates
palmitins1346953palmitins
palmtop1343873palm__top
palmtops1443543palm_tops
pancettas1343993pancettas
parkettes15137593parkettes
payments1536943payment_s
pelmets11309693pelme_t_s
pimentos1246233p_imentos

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641327.36020195.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.53223724.2
 
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