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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 “fishier” 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.

46 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
fishier1335985(None) 
dishier113613401dishier
fisher124917141fish_er
ashier94714832_ashier
bushier123712812bushier
cashier123713322cashier
cushier123610832cushier
dashier114311182dashier
feistier1136192feistier
fierier103511192fierier
fighter143010772fighter
filmier1237502filmier
filthier1434072filthier
finnier10319952finnier
firrier103410132firrier
fished134316312fish_ed
fishers134714722fish_ers
fishery16397732fish_ery
fishes125221342fish_es
fishiest14310452fishiest
fishily1637642fishily
fishing143913862fishing
fishnet13410342fishnet
fizzier18326712fizzier
flashier1437102flashier
fleshier1435602fleshier
friskier1535192friskier
fussier103610672fussier
fustier104213932fustier
gushier113110072gushier
hissier103410502hissier
meshier123410852meshier
mistier93418712mistier
mushier123813592mushier
pisher114317752pish_er
pithier123010292pithier
pushier123611092pushier
riskier1138422riskier
rushier103411972rushier
shier85428942__shier
sissier73711362sissier
swishier1434562swishier
washier133611152washier
wisher123617062wish_er
wispier12249402wispier
withier132910492withier

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671462.86037647.2
3Display Results46460.0133538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691463.24954998.8
 
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