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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 “derail” 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.

61 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
derail7421881(None) 
derails84216391derails
detail74516431detail
drail65020971d_rail
serail64222671serail
aerial64625712aerial
bedrail1037252bedrail
bewail1189582bewail
brail75525552_brail
deair65817192de_air
deal56347412de_a_l
dearie73319812dearie
deasil71110982deasil
decal85523232deca_l
decrial10310322decrial
dedal75719022deda_l
deil56231622de__il
denial74720512denial
dentil74017882dentil
deraign936572deraign
derailed102410402derailed
derat65044082dera_t
derate74531232derate
derats74625062derats
deray95024182dera_y
derays105514252derays
dermal93614342dermal
dermic114511912dermic
dermis94717162dermis
derris73615272derris
details84214042details
detain74617382detain
detrain8412252detrain
devil94714732de_vil
drails74716952d_rails
drain65222892d_rain
drawl95516012d_rawl
dural64923892dura_l
email74715102_email
ervil8310302_ervil
feral85424652fera_l
ferial94621252ferial
frail85220212_frail
gerbil938342gerbil
grail64622872_grail
jezail2234642jezail
peril75425952per_il
rail46147762__rail
remail85017122remail
renail65020762renail
resail64418732resail
retail65522072retail
serai56830162serai_
serails73318362serails
serais64326132serais
seral56336382sera_l
serial64625862serial
tenail64516112tenail
terai53525482terai_
terais64023512terais
trail55126772_trail

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551612.61031628.7
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.73665311.0
 
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