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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 “argils” 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.

60 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
argils7521362(None) 
argals75517711argals
argil65116881argil_
argols74514611argols
arils58732201ar_ils
aegis6316782aegi_s
aggies83515512aggies
agile65122262a_gile
agios65919862a_gios
agrias74315392agrias
ails45654722a__ils
algins74816432algins
angels74416172angels
anils56326722a_nils
anvils9219712anvils
archils12510532archils
argal65023392argal_
argala74712672argala
argalas84011092argalas
argali75013752argali
argalis84214192argalis
argle65421562arg_le
argles75218482argles
argol65317262argol_
argons75018202argons
argots74116032argots
argues74516412argues
argus66716542arg_us
argyle1066062argyle
argyles1136052argyles
argyll1033642argyll
argylls1143462argylls
arias55438022ar_ias
ariels65119372ariels
aril45843022ar_il_
armies85123692armies
aroids75118222aroids
arris56824682arri_s
arsis55722422arsi_s
artels66216232artels
artily92814712artily
aryls87015812ar_yls
avails939692avails
axils127217502a_xils
brails84621292brails
broils84114172broils
drails74716952drails
ervils948772ervils
frails93716472frails
grails77518782grails
margins103815192margins
nargile847652nargile
nargiles976802nargiles
orgies72316092orgies
ragis66325602ragi_s
rails55937402_rails
roils54826792_roils
sigils73912362sigils
trails64622512trails
vigils104210192vigils

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551602.47033421.5
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691602.85662566.9
 
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