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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 “foosball” 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.

38 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
foosball134408(None) 
foosballs1444021foosballs
football1345611football
footballs1445362footballs
footfall1444822footfall
footstall1243482footstall
footwall1444522footwall
forkball1744822forkball
goofball1443272goofball
blowball1544153blowball
bookstall1552893bookstall
boxball18155323_boxball
broomball1553133broomball
cornball1247053cornball
doorbell1143403doorbell
fastball1344913fastball
fireball13127263fireball
floodwall1652083floodwall
footbag1344553footba_g
footbags1444523footbags
footballer1552993footballer
footbath1664013footbath
footfalls1544593footfalls
foothill1444993foothill
footstalk1642983footstalk
footstalls1343243footstalls
footwalls1544383footwalls
forestall1246913forestall
forkballs1844253forkballs
goofballs1543023goofballs
lowball1275503_lowball
mothball1543893mothball
oddball1143773_oddball
poolhall1343703poolhall
snowball13114943snowball
softball1344203softball
sourball1045353sourball
stoopball1352953stoopball

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 Filter1786911461620.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit146162387.51619446.8
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.70223200.6
 
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