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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forvales” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

23 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
vales8543426(None) 
ales47067101_ales
bales76250081bales
dales66439741dales
gales65442481gales
hales85449841hales
kales95730981kales
males75049791males
pales75753801pales
rales54947491rales
sales56055591sales
tales55451371tales
vale74937341vale_
valet84337871valet
valets93715621valets
valse85117521valse
valses94514611valses
values94314941values
valves124113781valves
vanes85130971vanes
vases84626261vases
voles86234041voles
wales86142831wales

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756230.53353951.2
3Display Results23230.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691230.609293417.1