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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 “wallop” 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.

48 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
wallop11331029(None) 
gallop93311381gallop
wallops123410411wallops
wallow123913511wallow
allod64418382_allod
allot54933872_allot
allow85420662_allow
alloy85519972_alloy
ballon84117492ballon
ballot84624092ballot
callow114714662callow
collop107312312collop
dollop9259362dollop
fallow124713852fallow
gallon73715812gallon
gallops103211652gallops
galop84716222ga_lop
hallo85127552hallo_
halloa94918122halloa
halloo95118972halloo
hallos95425102hallos
hallot95426782hallot
hallow124818322hallow
jalop144212602ja_lop
lollop8238782lollop
mallow114014742mallow
pallor8313682pallor
sallow94315752sallow
saloop84212582saloop
scallop11237642scallop
shallop12348452shallop
swallow13355752swallow
tallol63612222tallol
tallow93714202tallow
walkup1534192walkup
wall76236102wall__
walla85321032wall_a
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas
walled104021292walled
wallet93327092wallet
wallie93216802wallie
walloped14146832walloped
walloper13147112walloper
wallows133613532wallows
walls85529382wall_s
wally114625092wall_y
willow12369692willow

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.703254183.5
2DLD Change Limit82551485.04616359.7
3Display Results48480.0331454.5
 (SQL Overall)178691485.78230904.7
 
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