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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 “hollowed” 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.

41 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
hollowed1515702(None) 
followed15146271followed
hallowed15179491hallowed
holloaed12157391holloaed
holloed113812751hollo_ed
hollooed12146491hollooed
hollower14127391hollower
allowed111610082_allowed
bellowed14158602bellowed
billowed14137062billowed
bolloxed1834472bolloxed
dolloped1234982dolloped
fallowed15127752fallowed
fellowed15136832fellowed
follower14137072follower
halloaed121510152halloaed
halloed113314912hallo_ed
hallooed12168772hallooed
hallower14139812hallower
helloed113512422hello_ed
hilloaed12136922hilloaed
hilloed113211292hillo_ed
hollaed11359852holl_aed
hollered1237602hollered
holloes103818192hollo_es
hollow124212662hollow__
hollowest1544902hollowest
hollowly1743382hollowly
hollows134412332hollow_s
hulloaed12105802hulloaed
hulloed11369792hullo_ed
hullooed12135092hullooed
lolloped1134462lolloped
mellowed14166922mellowed
pillowed14156382pillowed
sallowed12149032sallowed
shallowed1655082shallowed
tallowed12157712tallowed
wallowed15148162wallowed
willowed15156762willowed
yellowed15185742yellowed

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 Filter1786911210590.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit121059413.48334757.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691413.88945947.8
 
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