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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 “felloe” 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.

40 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
felloe9351392(None) 
felloes104114381felloes
fellow123712741fellow
belle75827832bell_e
bellow114213352bellow
cellae84915932cellae
cello74919582cello_
cellos84517802cellos
fallow124713852fallow
feline94820142feline
fell76833072fell__
fella84918652fell_a
fellah124910772fellah
fellas95116962fellas
fellate10313432fellate
felled103720302felled
feller94419552feller
fellies104119742fellies
fellowed15136842fellowed
fellows134212432fellows
fells85327382fell_s
felly114922802fell_y
felon84619292fe_lon
ferlie92814052ferlie
fille84327402fill_e
fillo84319782fillo_
fillos94415082fillos
floe76129772f__loe
follow124010352follow
hello86522982hello_
helloed113512432helloed
helloes103717472helloes
hellos95321682hellos
jello126716272jello_
jellos134714282jellos
mellow114112222mellow
nellie63614812nellie
selle54428312sell_e
wellie92814912wellie
yellow12429882yellow

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551403.56323169.0
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691403.92245561.2
 
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