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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 “pollen” 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.

60 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
pollen8341645(None) 
polled94022001polled
pollee83623271pollee
pollens93713301pollens
poller83921851poller
pollex153711161pollex
bolled94722652bolled
colleen939542colleen
collet84030362collet
dolled83518072dolled
dolmen93911372dolmen
fallen93813372fallen
folles93820472folles
golden84411152golden
holden104113952holden
holler93520612holler
holpen11299412holpen
lolled74315822lolled
loller63315282loller
molten83311812molten
mullen83714762mullen
olden65114852_olden
palled94625162palled
pallet84232652pallet
pellet83326552pellet
pilled94222752pilled
polder94019252polder
pole65951302po_le_
poled84934842po_led
poler74431792po_ler
poles75351002po_les
poleyn1157322poleyn
polies84034582polies
poll66332132poll__
pollees93215332pollees
pollened1157782pollened
pollers93420022pollers
polling102920382polling
polls74627722poll_s
polyene1259362polyene
pooled94619812pooled
pooler83819842pooler
poplin10413482poplin
poteen83514262poteen
potmen102713092potmen
pulled94322192pulled
puller83820812puller
pullet84026332pullet
pulley113713402pulley
rolled74220242rolled
roller63919792roller
stollen747592stollen
sullen62914292sullen
swollen1034262swollen
tolled73819032tolled
toller63819442toller
tollmen935732tollmen
volley12419742volley
woolen93111372woolen
woollen1034722woollen

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551602.62331472.0
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691603.01659247.7
 
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