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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 “shawl” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

111 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
shawl11621757(None) 
shall85024051shall
shaul85418101shaul
shaw108132551shaw_
shawls125411971shawls
shawm135316151shawm
shawn116417611shawn
shaws116226261shaws
awl67635302__awl
bawl95326062_bawl
brawl106217962brawl
chaw126224632chaw_
chaws135022462chaws
crawl104916712crawl
dhal86719282dha_l
drawl95516012drawl
hail74839062_hail
hall75741162_hall
harl75740002_harl
haul75530452_haul
haw97153272_haw_
hawk145521152_hawk
haws106439442_haws
howl107625692_howl
pawl95123262_pawl
pshaw13447512pshaw_
pshaws14435702pshaws
sail45447162s_ail
sal36462882s_a_l
sall44544682s_all
saul45836522s_aul
saw68255352s_aw_
sawn75428162s_awn
saws75839482s_aws
scall74420372scall
scowl1012012972scowl
scrawl11208092scrawl
seal45654372sea_l
sha69837782sha__
shack145321752shack
shad86230912sha_d
shade95125582shade
shads95124482shads
shady125416512shady
shaft115725272shaft
shag86430562sha_g
shags95123862shags
shah105627782sha_h
shahs115919512shahs
shake124726402shake
shako125516092shako
shaky154616842shaky
shale85332832shale
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
sham96436362sha_m
shame105726702shame
shams105829412shams
shank125422192shank
shape105125112shape
shard96125962shard
share86437082share
shark126225022shark
sharn84823702sharn
sharp104922532sharp
shat76456602sha_t
shauls94913112shauls
shave114425892shave
shawed134817232shawed
shawled1437772shawled
shawms14579562shawms
shay107133342sha_y
shays116021432shays
sheal84927702sheal
shell84424122shell
sheol84318372sheol
shew108030762shew_
shewn115715702shewn
shews115924712shews
shiel811023772shiel
shill85325332shill
shoal83920272shoal
shool84523152shool
shorl84720252shorl
show106229192show_
shown115216482shown
shows115324582shows
showy145714012showy
shul75823152sh_ul
shwa106014962sh_wa
shwas116415102shwas
sial45938832sia_l
slaw77930712slaw_
slaws85222712slaws
small74016262small
snail57020202snail
snarl54921082snarl
snaw78923072snaw_
snaws86116362snaws
spail74921552spail
spall74919302spall
spawn107811712spawn
sprawl11188062sprawl
stall54722352stall
staw78627692staw_
swail86217162swail
thaw107521312thaw_
thaws116515462thaws
trawl84915872trawl
wawl105321942_wawl
yawl104918972_yawl

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001111.59633709.3
3Display Results1111110.0303700.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911111.93992156.3
 
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