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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 “foreshank” 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
foreshank194467(None) 
foreshanks2043831foreshanks
forehand1537692fore_hand
forerank1546752fore_rank
foreshock2144052foreshock
aforehand1642813afore_hand
forecheck2342773forecheck
forehands1656743fore_hands
foreland1239013fore_land
foreman12312363fore_man_
forepeak17134783forepea_k
foreran10311793fore_ran_
foreranks1645293fore_ranks
foresaid1247803fores_aid
foresail1147823fores_ail
foresaw1377133fores_a_w
foreseen1139103foreseen_
foreshadow2051823foreshadow
foresheet1549233foresheet
foreshocks2243533foreshocks
foreshore15118203foreshore
foreshow1785893foresh_ow
foreshown1864473foreshown
foreshows1875973foreshows
foreskin1547023foreskin_
foreskins1647043foreskins
forespake18105233forespake
forespeak1843473forespeak
forestage1346973forestage
forestal11410283foresta_l
forestall1246913forestall
forestay1448193foresta_y
forestays1546623forestays
foresting13311363foresting
forestland1453023forestland
freehand1574993f_reehand
freshen133010883f_reshen_
freshens14298313f_reshens
freshing152611023f_reshing
freshman1644623f_reshman_
preshrank1843263_preshrank
redshank1642893__redshank

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641427.11020905.9
3Display Results42420.0301400.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.29624491.6
 
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