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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 “helots” 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.

69 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
helots9521770(None) 
helos84928061helo_s
helot85332681helot_
allots64019172allots
belons84119412belons
belows114614182belows
belts75931162bel_ts
besots86415452besots
blots75626172_blots
celoms10412122celoms
celts75325782cel_ts
clots75627642_clots
delfts10439672delfts
delts65731792del_ts
depots94716342depots
felons93615762felons
felts85324542fel_ts
gelts65924612gel_ts
gemots93712152gemots
haloes94623862haloes
halons95720712halons
halos85230252halo_s
halts85230102hal_ts
harlots103413292harlots
hearts96218942hearts
heats85838402he_ats
hefts116218152he_fts
heists96814632heists
helios94816632helios
helloes103717472helloes
hellos95321682hellos
hells85032042hel_ls
helmets12309072helmets
helms105619462hel_ms
helo75332852helo__
helotism1347702helotism
helotry1345652helotry
helps105219342hel_ps
helves124316062helves
hents87330742he_nts
heriots10312062heriots
heroes94923832heroes
herons94820542herons
heros84930862hero_s
hests85829932he_sts
hets75547202he__ts
hilts86924412hil_ts
holts85627912hol_ts
hoots84830252h_oots
hots78349332h__ots
kelts95222632kel_ts
lots47652092__lots
melons84117712melons
melts74930102mel_ts
merlots92710122merlots
ocelots977232ocelots
pelota8612832pelota
pelotas9410722pelotas
pelts76128812pel_ts
pilots84018872pilots
plots75025672_plots
relets64025672relets
replots93412632replots
repots85621002repots
slots54830532_slots
telos55424522telo_s
veldts10417752veldts
welts85225192wel_ts
zealots1636762zealots

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 Limit82551692.65631080.9
3Display Results69690.0164312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691693.01559267.3
 
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