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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 “filmy” 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.

83 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
filmy13611404(None) 
filly114424901filly
film94828171film_
filmi105914001filmi
films105617961films
balmy125217472balmy
bilby124912352bilby
bilgy114713712bilgy
billy105525362billy
blimy125212822blimy
dilly94923782dilly
dimly114913482dimly
elmy95616792_elmy
felly114922802felly
fiery114714792fiery
fifty145211422fifty
fil65447142fil__
fila74729132fil_a
filar84819292filar
filch134813322filch
file75446642fil_e
filed95331902filed
filer85433002filer
files85441272files
filet85540162filet
fill75540192fil_l
fille84327402fille
fillo84319782fillo
fills84632372fills
filmed124610362filmed
filmer114112402filmer
filmic13348452filmic
filmily1535732filmily
filmis114610282filmis
filo76034282fil_o
filos86125382filos
fils75838692fil_s
filth115015822filth
filthy15356422filthy
filum105015432filum
finny114716752finny
firm96026452firm_
firmly1436662firmly
firms105217422firms
firry115713532firry
fishy146011662fishy
fitly115114972fitly
fizzy199015082fizzy
flamy135217472flamy
flay106332802f_lay
fley106626852f_ley
flimsy14345562flimsy
fly97124952f_l_y
foamy135313202foamy
foley115222302foley
folky159214712folky
folly115022602folly
frilly124111442frilly
fully114820862fully
fumy127118582f_umy
gilly94321632gilly
hilly114422162hilly
illy76925332_illy
immy114611832_immy
jimmy19538502jimmy
kilty125213892kilty
lily76730182lil_y
limy95727712li_my
malmy124816342malmy
milky144014442milky
milty104720072milty
oily77932252oil_y
palmy126016732palmy
pigmy13299432pigmy
pily96132732pil_y
riley84420582riley
rimy96621282ri_my
silky125315822silky
silly84527622silly
silty84721632silty
slimy105417422slimy
willy115321912willy
wily106428812wil_y

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800831.42337807.4
3Display Results83830.0136384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691831.732103170.3
 
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