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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 “skoal” 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.

65 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
skoal9381146(None) 
shoal83920271shoal
skoals10438241skoals
coal66939252_coal
foal76630922_foal
goal55829302_goal
koa76737772_koa_
koala95112212_koala
koan85425032_koan
koas85635092_koas
koel84519942_koel
kohl113911712_kohl
kola85124962_kola
sabal75422482sabal
sal36462882s__al
salal55425702salal
scowl1012012972scowl
seal45654372s_eal
sepal77723002sepal
seral56336382seral
setal56430902setal
sheal84927702sheal
shoals94215792shoals
shoaly124010772shoaly
shoat85633952shoat
shool84523152shool
shorl84720252shorl
sial45938832s_ial
sisal54217732sisal
ska76925862sk_a_
skag96321512sk_ag
skald104210172sk_ald
skas85325712sk_as
skat87037902sk_at
skean94415622skean
skell94915832skell
skill94316722skill
skirl96012912skirl
skoaled12226062skoaled
skort94925642skort
skosh12407272skosh
skua86113152skua_
skuas95611732skuas
skull94812032skull
snool55118642snool
soak87227662s_oak
soap65831132s_oap
soar46838672s_oar
soil46138832s_oil
sokol94612292sokol
sol37256622s_o_l
sola45541862s_ola
soul46435712s_oul
spoil75818652spoil
spool75219042spool
sporal82915452sporal
steal56125472steal
stoa45425912stoa_
stoae55024262stoae
stoai55417872stoai
stoas55126022stoas
stoat57135952stoat
stomal85213312stomal
stool55619892stool
sural55931262sural

Search took 3 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 Limit53800651.65632487.9
3Display Results65650.0135000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691651.98290156.9
 
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