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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 “silliest” 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.

44 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
silliest8401710(None) 
hilliest113914111hilliest
silkiest123212851silkiest
sillies73425081sillies_
siltiest83515611siltiest
stilliest939221stilliest
bilgiest11309882bilgiest
billies93923502billies_
bulliest104314502bulliest
chilliest14358912chilliest
dillies84122162dillies_
fillies103420252fillies_
filmiest1338552filmiest
frilliest1237112frilliest
gillies84120962gillies_
girliest93010402girliest
illest63615722_ill_est
jolliest152910362jolliest
killies113318112killies_
milkiest142911082milkiest
miltiest103015172miltiest
oiliest72817682oi_liest
palliest102814642palliest
sallies73227812sallies_
saltiest83117722saltiest
scaliest101714402scaliest
shaliest111415062shaliest
shelliest1238032shelliest
sickliest1547522sickliest
silkies113715692silkies_
sillier74017592sillie_r
silliness9510362silliness
sissiest83412352sissiest
siziest16311472si_ziest
sliest66621962s__liest
slimiest10310752slimiest
smelliest1136602smelliest
stillest8311072still_est
sulkiest124212502sulkiest
sullies74122232sullies_
surliest82416912surliest
swirliest1236292swirliest
wiliest103416592wi_liest
willies103920152willies_

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911210590.830215290.4
2DLD Change Limit121059448.79613763.0
3Display Results44440.0301466.7
 (SQL Overall)178691449.65618505.7
 
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