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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 “fiendish” 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.

51 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
fiendish154403(None) 
fiendishly2051782fiendishly
fiends104110292fiend_s_
finfish16268192fi_nfish
finish124613412fi_n_ish
bindis94614583bi_ndis_
blandish1497003blandish
blondish1476173blondish
brandish1469023brandish
cavendish1892663cavendish
effendis1542513effendis_
endash10297123__endash
faddish15359003f_addish
faintish1446193faintish
feeblish1644163feeblish
fending123717603f_ending
fends96324973f_end_s_
fetish12310373f_e_tish
feudist1137573f_eudist
fielding13206863fielding
fields104211043field_s_
fiend95312983fiend___
fiftyish2042553fiftyish
filefish1745593filefish
finding124116543fi_nding
finds95424823fi_nd_s_
finis86824263fi_n_is_
flemish1536373fle_mish
freakish1845543freakish
friending1495553friending
friends11396743friend_s_
furnish1337383furn_ish
hennish1336863_hennish
kiddish16276583ki_ddish
lionfish1454093lionfish
minish115216303mi_n_ish
minxish1936213mi_nxish
nerdish1137103_nerdish
ninnyish1442843ninnyish
pinfish15319303pi_nfish
pinkish16279113pi_nkish
plenish1239943plen_ish
reddish1238033_reddish
roundish1246253roundish
standish1238543standish
tundish1137283_tundish
vixenish2142983vixen_ish
wennish1336243_wennish
widish13419363wi__dish
wildish1446853wi_ldish
winish124212263wi_n_ish

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162517.26620115.9
3Display Results51510.0163187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691517.71823152.5
 
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