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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 “wholesalers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

31 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
wholesalers175197(None) 
wholesaler1652241wholesaler_
wholesales1652741wholesale_s
wholesale1552722wholesale__
wholesaled1751722wholesale_d
wholesaling18271813wholesaling
wholesomer1853323wholesomer_
cholestases1653744cholestase_s
coleaders1237824_cole_aders
healers104319464_h__e_alers
holeless1189364_hole__less
holidayers1751634_holidayers
hollers103818234_hol___lers
holsters113211944_hol_s_ters
homemakers2144664_homemakers
hostlers113310484_ho__stlers
molesters1198874_moles_ters
oleasters936734__oleasters
shoemakers1943494sho_emakers
shovelers15174944shove__lers
shovellers16173784shove_llers
whalers13529704wh____alers
wheedlers1643194wh__eedlers
wheelers14287734wh__e_elers
whistlers1595164wh__istlers
wholeness1545374whole__ness
wholesome1744394wholesome__
wholesomely2262114wholesomely
wholesomest1952914wholesomest
whoremasters2052714whoremasters
wrestlers12306104w__restlers

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148819318.62617252.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.06219718.7
 
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