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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 “forewoman” 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.

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
forewoman174493(None) 
forewomen1746461forewomen
foreman12312362fore__man
foretopman1751682foretopman
foreworn14108862forewo_rn
horsewoman1853482horsewoman
tirewoman14103662tirewoman
workwoman2143102workwoman
airwoman1344673air_woman
bondwoman1743293bondwoman
crewman1435753_crew_man
doorwoman1552713doorwoman
fireman1249333fire__man
foeman11311233fo_e__man
foremen12412923fore__men
forenoon1146823foreno_on
foreran10311793fore__ran
foresworn15126073foreswo_rn
foretoken1644353foretoken
foretopmen1752383foretopmen
forewarn14117173forew_arn
foreword15118963forewo_rd
forewords16117403forewords
forsworn14125763forswo_rn
forworn13107793for_wo_rn
freedman1444143f_reedman
freedwoman1951753freedwoman
freeman1237343f_re_eman
freshman1644623f_reshman
horsewomen1854353horsewomen
ironwoman1453643ironwoman
jurywoman2451883jurywoman
noblewoman1752033noblewoman
oarswoman1452743oarswoman
tirewomen14104283tirewomen
wisewoman1752903wisewoman
workwomen2143793workwomen

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641378.89016720.0
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691379.34219127.7
 
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