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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 “salmons” 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.

34 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
salmons9371326(None) 
salmon84614181salmon_
salons63823691sal_ons
saloons74415311saloons
almond91410432_almond
almonds10127952_almonds
ballons93916962ballons
daemons10269232daemons
daimons10249322daimons
daltons8310402daltons
falcons1239122falcons
gallons83015952gallons
gammons1237972gammons
halons95720712hal_ons
mammons1048512mammons
psammons1442782psammons
saimins9312112saimins
sallows103915552sallows
salmis8514272salm_is
salmonid1147632salmonid
salmonids1245542salmonids
salols64017872sal_ols
salon55228552sal_on_
saloon64418022saloon_
saloops93510132saloops
salvoes102811312salvoes
salvors103910912salvors
salvos94613382salvo_s
sermons9311782sermons
solions7513752solions
solons65120022sol_ons
summons1158002summons
talions7314102talions
talons64019432tal_ons

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671343.37631893.1
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.51250880.1
 
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