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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 “folklives” 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.

42 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
folklives194267(None) 
folkies143612252folk_i_es
folklife1842962folklife_
folklike1434772folklike_
folklores1643702folklores
follies103618942fol_li_es
balklines1536743balklines
bollixes1747203bol_lixes
collides113214473col_lides
collies94326583col_li_es
dollies83620983dol_li_es
fellies104119743fel_li_es
fillies103420253fil_li_es
focalises14139953focalises
focalizes23159323focalizes
folkie13369613folk_i_e_
folkier14359043folk_i_er
folkiest15319503folk_i_est
folklore1543473folklore_
folkmotes1883283folkmotes
folksier1533533folksi_er
folksiest1643983folksi_est
folksiness1743573folksiness
folktales1653123folktales
folles93820473fol_l__es
follicles1444103fol_licles
follis93113903fol_li__s
forgives1535753fo_rgives
forklifts1941973forklifts
forklike1435813forklike_
foxgloves2341643foxgloves
halflives1842783halflives
hollies103420813hol_li_es
jollies143516273jol_li_es
lollies73116923lol_li_es
lowlives1434573lo_wlives
mollies93420233mol_li_es
nonlives1138363no_nlives
oldwives1542463_oldwives
olives94313953_o__lives
outlives112511763_outlives
pollices12410753pol_lices

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 Filter1786911486410.843211970.3
2DLD Change Limit148641427.03021143.8
3Display Results42420.0331272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691427.90622601.9
 
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