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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 “parcels” 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.

50 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
parcels11371266(None) 
carcels114516061carcels
marcels113212371marcels
parcel103915471parcel_
parrels94713491parrels
ariels65119372_ariels
artels66216232_artels
barbels114514432barbels
barrels94514362barrels
cancels114113312cancels
carcel105018672carcel_
carpels115315462carpels
carrels95117302carrels
cartels94618122cartels
carvels124914592carvels
darnels83710432darnels
farcers124713442farcers
farces115223322farce_s
fardels11389892fardels
farfels13348212farfels
marcel103714852marcel_
marvels123810092marvels
pacers105124542pa_cers
paces96741112pa_ce_s
panels84716522pa_nels
parceled1338342parceled
parches143720002parches
pareos87023772par_eos
parers85530742par_ers
pares77164482par_e_s
pareus85420742par_eus
parges94529542parge_s
pargets105215192pargets
paries84742512parie_s
parkers133816872parkers
parles86334402parle_s
parleys125212372parleys
paroles95025882paroles
parols84722612par_ols
parrals94414572parrals
parrel84515982parrel_
parsecs11429922parsecs
parsers94118152parsers
parses85534702parse_s
pascals11610012pascals
passels93913022passels
pastels95215182pastels
pencels113610062pencels
spancels1245272spancels
tercels94110362tercels

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 Limit107671503.32632372.5
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691503.71848061.1
 
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