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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 “small” 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.

98 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
small7401626(None) 
mall64639371_mall
sall44544681s_all
scall74420371scall
shall85024051shall
smalls84514121smalls
smalt74729331smalt
smell74916231smell
spall74919301spall
stall54722351stall
all36148232__all
ball66043322_ball
call66838672_call
email74715102email
fall75535312_fall
gall56335992_gall
hall75741162_hall
lall45531312_lall
mail65543452_mail
maill74420792_maill
male66052302_male
malls76233432_malls
malm85129982_malm
malt66254812_malt
marl66341622_marl
maul64830722_maul
mell64935612_mell
mill66541482_mill
moll66735702_moll
mull65128802_mull
pall65039342_pall
sail45447162s_ail
sal36462882s_a_l
salal55425702s_alal
sale44959702s_ale
sally85129712s_ally
salol55222142s_alol
salp64534092s_alp
sals46851672s_als
salt45758522s_alt
saul45836522s_aul
scald84818122scald
scale74629142scale
scalls84218202scalls
scalp95217982scalp
scaly104718722scaly
scull75315762scull
seal45654372sea_l
seals54839692seals
sell45840612s_ell
shale85332832shale
shalt85534492shalt
shaly114322862shaly
shaul85418102shaul
shawl116217572shawl
shell84424122shell
shill85325332shill
sial45938832sia_l
sials54227242sials
sill45545152s_ill
skald104210172skald
skell94915832skell
skill94316722skill
skull94812032skull
smack134615452smack
smaller93410332smaller
smalti84111192smalti
smalto84410282smalto
smalts85214892smalts
smarm95517602smarm
smart75834092smart
smash104814432smash
smaze165012932smaze
smells83914742smells
smelly114110362smelly
smelt74726782smelt
smile74823922smile
smolt74824162smolt
snail57020202snail
snarl54921082snarl
snell54517302snell
spail74921552spail
spale74929212spale
spalls84217342spalls
spell75020302spell
spill74821162spill
squall1538002squall
stale55637102stale
stalk94518002stalk
stalls64019932stalls
still54922082still
stull54916272stull
swail86217162swail
swale85221592swale
swell84815982swell
swill83417372swill
tall47240212_tall
wall76236102_wall

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800981.62333148.5
3Display Results98980.0332969.7
 (SQL Overall)178691981.95291542.5
 
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