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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 “fitness” 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.

37 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
fitness1029939(None) 
fatness103311291fatness
witness103010011witness
aptness9268572aptness
bigness1038192bigness
dimness1038842dimness
faintness1235832faintness
fairness1136562fairness
farness102912202farness
fastness11238762fastness
fatless103212202fatless
fewness1335002fewness
feyness1334922feyness
fineness11310642fineness
fines86644262fi_ne_s
finesse10187642fi_nesse
finest94321732fi_nest
finless102810782finless
firmness1334742firmness
firstness1245012firstness
fitnesses12219372fitnesses
fitters104517752fitters
fittest102510802fittest
flatness1138152flatness
fulness10248962fulness
hipness12277382hipness
hitless103211192hitless
hotness1038612hotness
jitneys17313172jitneys
lioness739102lioness
liteness82213212liteness
patness92912282patness
titaness836722titaness
unfitness1244842unfitness
wetness10277722wetness
witless103310982witless
witneys13274722witneys

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 Filter1786911076710.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit107671373.17033965.6
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691373.32653725.5
 
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