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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 “viola” 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.

63 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
viola8591554(None) 
villa85321231villa
viol76523601viol_
violas93713521violas
viols86118101viols
voila84813941voila
aioli5318312aioli
biota74516822biota
bola66035562_bola
chola104718032chola
citola838392citola
cola66541392_cola
diol57329142diol_
diols65521012diols
eidola737682eidola
fila74729142fi_la
hila76228362hi_la
iota45127832_iota
kibla1139842kibla
kola85124972_kola
mola66035632_mola
moola75117032moola
moviola1244822moviola
rioja1236302rioja
sigla64515202sigla
sola45541862_sola
tola45236332_tola
variola1068892variola
vela75725542v_ela
via65636252vi__a
vial76731102vial_
vials85822382vials
viga85622972vi_ga
vigia94813272vigia
vile76139812vi_le
vill75235082vi_ll
villae95615382villae
villas96117262villas
villi86517852villi
vills86429322vills
vina76331812vi_na
vinal85725812vinal
vinca105315162vinca
violate10311552violate
violet92620922violet
violin9311982violin
viral86419592viral
virga9310252virga
virl76224482virl_
virls85618602virls
visa76323882vi_sa
vista85416602vista
vita75828532vi_ta
vital84819672vital
vitta85015172vitta
viva106119102vi_va
vizsla1833702vizsla
voile84719722voile
volar86917412v_olar
vole75236982v_ole
volt76439532v_olt
volta85215622v_olta
volva11399002v_olva

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 Limit53800631.53035163.4
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691631.87695251.1
 
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