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

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

21 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
aforetime144404(None) 
foretime1348211_foretime
aftertime1445472aftertime
beforetime1751582beforetime
foretimes1447452_foretimes
abortive1346883abor_tive
accretive1645093accretive
aftertimes1544733aftertimes
airtime948063a_ir_time
amortise10428513amor_tise
amortize1987743amor_tize
anoretic10312933anoreti_c
anoretics1148643anoretics
forelimb1544083_forelimb
forename1347853_forename
foreside12310303_foreside
forgetive16124463_forgetive
onetime937623__onetime
retime85321803___retime
sometime1246753_sometime
zonetime1944953_zonetime

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.890200776.4
2DLD Change Limit148641217.40620070.3
3Display Results21210.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691218.29621539.4