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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 “disallows” 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
disallows134339(None) 
disallow1243511disallow_
disallowed1543262disallowed
disavows1544042disa_vows
misallots1144532misallots
sallows103915552__sallows
allows94517683___allows
billows123611293bi__llows
diallers957773di_allers
dialogs938103di_a_logs
disablers1255803disablers
disables11410903disabl_es
disallowing1643283disallowing
disavow1443603disa_vow_
discolors1246593discolors
disendows1444083disendows
fallows133713973__fallows
gallows113513513__gallows
hallows134417393__hallows
mallows123714323__mallows
misallies1148383misallies
misallot1047003misallo_t
pillows122610123pi__llows
reswallows1661213reswallows
sallow94315753__sallow_
sallowy13369343__sallowy
shallows14388863_shallows
swallows14295893_swallows
tallows103313743__tallows
unhallows15122123unhallows
wallows133613533__wallows
willows13299753wi__llows

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641327.87318879.8
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691328.31221498.0
 
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