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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 “pollard” 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.

38 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
pollard10351114(None) 
bollard103210501bollard
collard103712921collard
pollards11299521pollards
poulard10299731poulard
bollards11339152bollards
collar83816172collar_
collards113310192collards
collared113211142collared
collars93816572collars
dollar74110982dollar_
dollars83311022dollars
dullard936602dullard
foulard11257282foulard
goliard936072goliard
holard10410572ho_lard
hollaed11359852hollaed
holland11349472holland
mallard10310272mallard
paillard1146262paillard
pillar8314022pillar_
pillared11228092pillared
pillars9313492pillars
pochard1537362pochard
polar75623452po_lar_
polars84419352po_lars
poleward1455942poleward
polkaed1435322polkaed
pollack1567332pollack
pollarded1344702pollarded
polled94022002poll_ed
poller83921852poller_
pollers93420022pollers
poniard1037582poniard
poplar103611112poplar_
poplars113910332poplars
poularde11276572poularde
poulards11288232poulards

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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671383.22033438.2
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.60949512.6
 
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