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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpollywog” 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.

19 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
pollywog174239(None) 
gollywog1641751gollywog
polliwog1442221polliwog
pollywogs1842511pollywogs
golliwog1341822golliwog
gollywogs1751932gollywogs
polliwogs1542092polliwogs
collying14319543collying
dollying13407413dollying
golliwogg155853golliwogg
golliwogs1441693golliwogs
jollying19316053jollying
lollygag1341763lollygag
lollypop1551813lollypop
polling102920383poll_ing
polycot14510123po_lycot
polygon1346933po_lygon
polyol1138713po_ly_ol
polypod1546983po_lypod

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162196.57622226.6
3Display Results19190.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691196.99925530.9