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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 “favorable” 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.

52 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
favorable174458(None) 
favorably2043601favorably
adorable1138772_adorable
avowable1635452_avowable
factorable1743562factorable
unfavorable1953712unfavorable
vaporable1645542vaporable
adorably1446443_adorably
affordable1942543affordable
arable81821003_a__rable
atonable1038793_atonable
averrable14105413_averrable
avertable14117343_avertable
avoidable15124743_avoidable
avowably1944003_avowably
barrable1249243ba_rrable
canoeable1347103canoeable
colorable1348243colorable
coverable1649103coverable
evocable1537103_evocable
exorable1738933_exorable
faceable15108493fa_ceable
fadable13310463fa__dable
farmable1538203fa_rmable
fathomable2052103fathomable
fatigable1544863fatigable
favorite1447313favor_ite
figurable1543733figurable
filtrable1484263filtrable
floodable1544013floodable
fordable1439593f__ordable
formable1539503f__ormable
honorable1446953honorable
ignorable1245333ignorable
lacerable1346943lacerable
memorable1547533memorable
navigable1544743navigable
overable13513573_overable
parable111819773pa__rable
parolable1347113parolable
pivotable1644563pivotable
reverable14310363reverable
revocable1647003revocable
revokable1845293revokable
saturable1146633saturable
savable121711863sav__able
saveable1339003sav_eable
severable1438543severable
storable10310733_storable
unfavorably2252913unfavorably
vocable14189673__vocable
votable122111373__votable

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641526.65622331.9
3Display Results52520.0134000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691527.09225196.1
 
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