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

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

12 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
afterlife154318(None) 
afterlifes1643181afterlifes
afterlives1643552afterlives
aftertime1445472aftertime
aftercare1444563aftercare
afterpiece1752263afterpiece
aftertimes1544733aftertimes
antilife11410433ant_ilife
fatherlike2043473fatherlike
ferlie92814053_f_erli_e
interline91218013interline
waterline1249653waterline

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641126.22023897.3
3Display Results12120.016750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691126.65626846.6