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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 “kalams” 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.

66 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
kalams1231060(None) 
kalam11315111kalam_
alamo7418142_alamo
alamos8415002_alamos
alans55636172_alans
alarms85913052_alarms
alas46358122_ala_s
almas76629772_almas
alms65834922_al_ms
alums75720602_alums
balas76937212bala_s
balms95723922bal_ms
balsams11579012balsams
blams95023852_blams
calami10313422calami
calamus1139242calamus
calms95222352cal_ms
clams95127672_clams
flams105125012_flams
galahs105512672galahs
galas65731642gala_s
glams85822932_glams
halals95018312halals
halmas117017892halmas
halms105225212hal_ms
jalaps15299182jalaps
kaas86531842ka_a_s
kababs14409772kababs
kabars124513952kabars
kaiaks937042kaiaks
kakas85117342kaka_s
kales95730982kal_es
kalians11310182kalians
kalifs134410982kalifs
kaliums1336602kaliums
kalpacs15327132kalpacs
kalpaks12366162kalpaks
kalpas124112942kalpas
kanas95326912kana_s
kapas116021732kapa_s
karats106420492karats
karmas123013732karmas
katas95922092kata_s
kavas125919952kava_s
kavass13517302kavass
kayaks1236332kayaks
kelims1278912kelims
kilims1277902kilims
koalas104011662koala_s
kolas94822232kola_s
kulaks976112kulaks
lams66552262__lams
madams11310942madams
malars85020682malars
malms95021552mal_ms
nalas55528362nala_s
palais8420422palais
palms94921752pal_ms
salaams997702salaams
salads75316962salads
salals65120082salals
salami8313102salami
salamis9313512salamis
slams74927902_slams
talars66021682talars
talas55935892tala_s

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551662.53032628.9
3Display Results66660.0164125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691662.67266875.4
 
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