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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwalls” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

22 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
walls8552938(None) 
alls46740921_alls
balls76236411balls
calls75634731calls
falls85727651falls
galls64729321galls
halls85633781halls
lalls55324131lalls
malls76233431malls
palls74332561palls
talls55133431talls
wails86631481wails
wales86142831wales
walks126218501walks
wall76236101wall_
walla85321031walla
wallas95719391wallas
wally114625091wally
wauls86120551wauls
wawls115416471wawls
wells85426191wells
wills84528961wills

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 Filter178691287560.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit28756221.00028756.0
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691221.156154577.0