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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 “challa” 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.

53 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
challa11401419(None) 
calla74827071c_alla
challah15458321challah
challas124414121challas
chally144314291chally
cholla113911021cholla
call66838672c_all_
callan83619602c_allan
callas84526752c_allas
calls75634732c_alls
cavalla1257882cavalla
cella75420312c_ella
chacma1537902chacma
chaeta11310682chaeta
chakra15437532chakra
chalah143511662chalah
chalaza2145732chalaza
chaleh143711992chaleh
chalet113825992chalet
chalk144814602cha_lk
chalks155412142chalks
chalky18468772chalky
challahs16377562challahs
challie124012852challie
challis124613462challis
challot123613262challot
chalot113020132chalot
chalupa1444472chalupa
charka154011702charka
chela103916802ch_ela
chill105619872chill_
chilli114312772chilli
chills114717702chills
chilly144113222chilly
chimla1337592chimla
chola104718032ch_ola
chollas123811352chollas
coala77521122coa_la
halal85623592_halal
halala94715092_halala
hall75741162_hall_
hallah124115402_hallah
hallal94415562_hallal
hallo85127552_hallo
halloa94918122_halloa
halls85633782_halls
halma108219252_halma
halva115414432_halva
holla84918492_holla
phalli1148262phalli
shall85024052shall_
thalli958922thalli
walla85321032_walla

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit82551533.01627371.0
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691533.73547842.3
 
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