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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forhovelling” 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.

22 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
hovelling163616(None) 
hoveling15189591hove_ling
shovelling1744061shovelling
bevelling15227452bevelling
bowelling1566492bowelling
covelline1446532covelline
dowelling1466252dowelling
gavelling14286872gavelling
grovelling1554162grovelling
helling114623222h__elling
hostelling1446162hostelling
houselling1445752houselling
hovering151911142hove_ring
kvelling16146512_kvelling
levelling13206972levelling
modelling1336882modelling
ravelling13269242ravelling
revelling132412552revelling
rowelling1366992rowelling
shoveling1635552shove_ling
towelling1366252towelling
yodelling1435192yodelling

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911214360.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121436225.23323205.8
3Display Results22220.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691225.37333257.2