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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 “efforu” 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.

63 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
effort1238621effort
afford1346492afford
efforts1334702efforts
affirm1435523affirm
affords1435023affords
afore85818603_afore
before11410153before
biform1368123biform
deffer134411303deffer_
deform1259623deform
deiform1336693deiform
ecru65819533e__cru
eff96128623eff___
efface14366673efface
effect1437443effect
effete1235183effete
effigy1642213effigy
efflux1942003efflux
effortful1451413effortful
effs105114033eff__s
effuse1234963effuse
encore8314773encore
enfold10137613enfold
enforce12237423enforce
enorm74415643e_norm
ephor10310013ephor_
ephori1139603ephori
ephors11311403ephors
error53712233error_
errors63311313errors
escort84616483escort
exhort16410803exhort
export15412183export
extort13513973extort
fedora1038593fedora
femora1149583femora
feoffor1241783feoffor_
feoffors1341983feoffors
fetor81214533fetor_
fetors91014473fetors
fiord94313343_fiord
fjord16477023_fjord
flora85317103_flora
flour84916453_flour
for66952073__for_
fora75937393__fora
forb97131333__forb
ford86835493__ford
fore78351473__fore
fork115930943__fork
form95836873__form
fort76456443__fort
forum108318763__forum
fou66743783__fo_u
four76226863__four
frore86218803_frore
inform11310153inform
offer114311383offer_
offers12349963offers
oxford1763663oxford
perform1439283perform
reform11312713reform
telford1145153telford

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911127160.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit112716634.90322989.2
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691635.29533747.1
 
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