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

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

32 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
deadfall134331(None) 
deadfalls1443141deadfalls
dewfall1453762de_wfall
beadroll1144503beadroll
beanball1264673beanball
befall114410643be__fall
catfall1237393_catfall
daedal849083daed_a_l
deadbolt1245003deadbolt
deadly113811473dead__ly
deadman11238423deadma_n
deadpan11225233deadpa_n
deadpans12205173deadpans
deafly13389123dea_f_ly
decadal1137243decad_a_l
dedal75719023de_d_a_l
dewfalls1543073de_wfalls
downfall1543633downfall
dreadful1343223dreadf_ul
dreadfully1852793dreadfully
dreadfuls1442533dreadfuls
gadwall1244563_gadwall
headful1445563headf_ul
headfuls1544313headfuls
headsail1244423headsail
headstall1343523headstall
landfall1244203landfall
meatball1244513meatball
pratfall1344153pratfall
refall94314393re__fall
seawall1046203sea_wall
windfall1544203windfall

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162327.78018786.9
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.20221786.3
 
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