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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 “blemishes” 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.

57 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
blemishes166508(None) 
blemished1763781blemished
blemisher1663651blemisher
blemishers1763011blemishers
flemishes1765241flemishes
blemish1436602blemish__
bluefishes1844312bluefishes
flemished1853632flemished
plenishes1487082plenishes
banishes131812463b_anishes
batfishes1746583batfishes
bekisses1434243b_ekisses
bemires113212833b_emi_res
bemisted1368383b_emisted
bemists113410703b_emis_ts
bemixes18338653b_emi_xes
bemuses1139293b_emus_es
betises94816123b_etis_es
billfishes1844253billfishes
blandishes1644613blandishes
bleaches153410673ble_aches
blemishing1843513blemishing
blenches153310763ble_nches
blesses93812393ble__sses
blisses94911513bl__isses
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
blushes124314823bl__ushes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153boxfishes
brewises1337213brewis_es
burnishes1436643burnishes
chemises153211983chemis_es
cherishes1767563cherishes
clerisies1147253clerisies
clevises1336903clevis_es
demises103719563_demis_es
elegises9128823elegis_es
famishes1658283_famishes
fetishes1437153_fetishes
filefishes1944483filefishes
flemish1536373flemish__
fleshes133913273fle__shes
itemises1087693itemis_es
lavishes1457403_lavishes
leashes103514403_le_ashes
lewises1039133_lewis_es
perishes13313753_perishes
planishes14138523planishes
plenished1584953plenished
premises123018273premis_es
premisses13288763premisses
relishes11311953_relishes
remises93423483_remis_es
sablefishes1952893sablefishes
semises93916553_semis_es
tilefishes1644603tilefishes
unblemished1951713unblemished

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 Limit148641576.14324196.8
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691576.59327103.1
 
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