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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 “afforests” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

30 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
afforests154373(None) 
afforest1446341afforest_
afferents1546012afferents
afforested1752652afforested
deforests1344372deforests
forests104114952__forests
reafforests1751432reafforests
reforests1245532reforests
affects1535393aff__ects
afferent1447983afferent_
affluents15133303affluents
affords1435023affor__ds
afforesting1852853afforesting
affronts1444163aff_ronts
afreets1037013a_f_reets
amorists10411333a_morists
aorists74215833a__orists
aphorists1448263aphorists
arborists1147453arborists
armrests1055383a_rmrests
arrests73312683a__rrests
deforest1238793deforest_
efferents1545333efferents
efforts1334703effor__ts
florets1039853_flore_ts
florists1138813_florists
footrests12244503_footrests
forest94926743__forest_
reafforest1652833reafforest_
reforest1139963reforest_

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641309.18616181.3
3Display Results30300.0301000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691309.66918480.8
 
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