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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 “faithed” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

35 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
faithed143716(None) 
airthed11328302_airthed
baited95319242bait_ed
bathed125518742ba_thed
earthed1139922earthed
failed105421602fai_led
fainted114211722fainted
faired105915772fai_red
faith115620852faith__
faiths124610272faith_s
famished1766022famished
farted105121782fart_ed
farther1348342farther
fashed136720252fa_shed
fasted105320952fast_ed
fated95632132fa_t_ed
fathead1437862fa_thead
father125116712fa_ther
fatted105419842fa_tted
fished134316312f_ished
fitted104716662f_itted
flitched17256292flitched
flited104616582flit_ed
flitted114011642flitted
fritted113611332fritted
frothed14288782frothed
gaited84416922gait_ed
kithed144613012_kithed
lathed104718462la_thed
pithed124615612_pithed
saithe94713912saithe_
tithed104115592_tithed
waited103819772wait_ed
withed134416232_withed
writhed14389622writhed

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911076710.750238254.7
2DLD Change Limit107671356.64316208.2
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.40624127.9
 
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