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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 “yauld” 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.

50 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
yauld9551118(None) 
auld54125361_auld
cauld85318441cauld
fauld95214491fauld
yald86920611ya_ld
yaud87020081yau_d
bald76432902ba_ld
baud74928422bau_d
baulk114914332baulk
caul65630002caul_
caulds95512382caulds
caulk115315452caulk
cauls75727772cauls
could86517712could
faulds10438962faulds
fault85428312fault
gaud67025432gau_d
gault65128482gault
haul75530452haul_
hauled104415212hauled
haulm104415412haulm
hauls86123732hauls
laud56527722lau_d
maud75325402mau_d
maul64830722maul_
mauled94817822mauled
mauls76524952mauls
maund85515452maund
mould86015752mould
saul45836522saul_
sauls55128122sauls
sault55834962sault
vault85823762vault
waul76927312waul_
wauled104713962wauled
wauls86120552wauls
would95513152would
yaird96111912yaird
yard85633252ya_rd
yauds95013222yauds
yaup96618482yau_p
yauped12408332yauped
yaups105910742yaups
yawed126022452yawed
yawl104918972yawl_
yawled13459982yawled
yawls114613602yawls
yeld811423872y_eld
yield9519692yield
yule75725142y_ule

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 Filter178691538000.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit53800501.67332157.8
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691502.02988068.5
 
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