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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpoplars” 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
poplars11391033(None) 
polars84419351po_lars
poplar103611111poplar_
collars93816572collars
dollars83311022dollars
molars85517322mo_lars
pedlars103210212pedlars
peoplers1237162peoplers
pillars9313492pillars
polar75623452po_lar_
polers84225642po_lers
pollard103511142pollard
pollards11299522pollards
pollers93420022pollers
poolers94217422poolers
poplins11313152poplins
poppas93710712poppa_s
poppers103414862poppers
popular11319562popular_
poulard10299732poulard
poulards11288232poulards
tolars64817942to_lars

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.733243780.4
2DLD Change Limit107671226.39016849.9
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691227.13925030.3