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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwally” 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.

16 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
wally11462509(None) 
ally76935641_ally
bally105530101bally
dally95324741dally
gally95026171gally
pally105727121pally
rally84725901rally
sally85129711sally
tally84526861tally
wall76236101wall_
walla85321031walla
walls85529381walls
waly105830901wa_ly
wanly115118021wanly
welly114620011welly
willy115321911willy

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 Filter178691287560.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit28756160.94030591.5
3Display Results16160.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691161.063168100.7