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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 “helios” 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.

50 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
helios9481663(None) 
helio85321191helio_
hellos95321681hellos
helos84928061hel_os
belies84631052belies
cellos84517802cellos
delis64928542deli_s
felids103111622felids
folios93915462folios
halids104016132halids
hallos95425102hallos
halos85230252hal_os
heils85222192he_ils
heirs85618562he_irs
heliac111010892heliac
heliast10312072heliast
helices12313722helices
helicon1237642helicon
helicons1337612helicons
helium112311252helium
heliums12188302heliums
helix154413012heli_x
helixes1739132helixes
hellion10311142hellion
hellions11310032hellions
hello86522982hello_
helloes103717472helloes
hells85032042hel_ls
helms105619462hel_ms
helo75332852hel_o_
helot85332682hel_ot
helots95217702helots
helps105219342hel_ps
helves124316062helves
hemins113417572hemins
heriot9422342heriot
heriots10312062heriots
heros84930862he_ros
hillos94618892hillos
holies94630032holies
hollos95320632hollos
hullos94916292hullos
jellos134714282jellos
kelims1278912kelims
olios54520852_olios
polios84019722polios
relics84517902relics
relies65036422relies
telcos8710682telcos
telos55424522tel_os

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551503.53323365.7
3Display Results50500.0133846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691503.88945947.8
 
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