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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 “stelar” 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.

40 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
stelar6401386(None) 
stela54019041stela_
stelae63716481stelae
stelai63912561stelai
stellar72610441stellar
stylar9358111stylar
astylar10265062astylar
scalar83612442scalar
sear47353842s_e_ar
selah8319612s_elah
sewar85421102s_ewar
shear85424832she_ar
smear74416392sme_ar
solar55927342s_olar
spear75821062spe_ar
stalag7310022stalag
staler64025822staler
star48037762st__ar
stead65520272ste_ad
steak95219802ste_ak
steal56125472ste_al
stealer72913982stealer
steals64020062steals
steam76322932ste_am
steer55423862ste_er
stele55026842stel_e
steles63725662steles
stelic8313082stelic
stella63612972stella
stellas72813042stellas
steward1138062steward
styler94013302styler
swear85316852swe_ar
talar56225382_talar
tear45242882_te_ar
tela45532972_tela_
telae54323292_telae
tolar55524112_tolar
tutelar735372tutelar
velar85817632_velar

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551402.48333246.5
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691402.84262875.1
 
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