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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 “floodlighting” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

48 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
floodlighting22692(None) 
floodlight1872433floodlight___
floodlighted2161013floodlight_ed
floodlights1971593floodlight__s
moonlighting1951693_moonlighting
bloodletting1661334bloodl_etting
flighting1736104f____lighting
limelighting1961434_limelighting
spotlighting1951584_spotlighting
alighting1446415____alighting
backlighting2552475_backlighting
bedighting1844175__bed_ighting
blighting1635735____blighting
bloodlettings178915bloodl_ettings
cockfighting2851345_cockfighting
colligating1545715__colligating
copyrighting2451635_copyrighting
daylighting2072065__daylighting
delighting1644995___delighting
dighting142510845____d_ighting
dogfighting2151505__dogfighting
fighting162710085f_____ighting
flooding13238965flood_____ing
floodlit1244075floodli__t___
flourishing1852565fl_ourish_ing
fluoridating1752685fluo_ridating
fluorinating1653635fluo_rinating
foliating1339255f__o_li_ating
footlight16255275f_ootlight___
footlights17144025f_ootlight__s
forklifting2251665f_orkli_fting
freighting1844545f___reighting
frighting1736025f____righting
greenlighting1961135greenlighting
highlighting2091215_highlighting
jacklighting3051725_jacklighting
lighting132811835_____lighting
mislighting1843415__mislighting
obligating1445815___obligating
outfighting1943315__outfighting
overlighting2044435_overlighting
playwrighting2661045playwrighting
plighting1635565____plighting
preflighting2252655_preflighting
relighting1545855___relighting
slighting1436375____slighting
trothplighting2411915trothplighting
uplighting1743365___uplighting

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911247900.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit124790488.23315157.3
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691488.67320603.1
 
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