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

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

31 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
frightfulness236320(None) 
rightfulness1994891_rightfulness
frightfulnesses2562902frightfulnesses
sprightfulness2362202sprightfulness
delightfulness2261893delightfulness
faithfulness2154223faith_fulness
fitfulness1645733f_i__tfulness
forgetfulness2053743forgetfulness
fretfulness1776223fr__etfulness
fruitfulness1854883fr_uitfulness
rightfulnesses2174463_rightfulnesses
tristfulness1564983tri_stfulness
artfulness1346404ar___tfulness
brightness1644574bright___ness
flightiness1843894flight__iness
flightless1773394flight__l_ess
frightful1952554frightful____
frightfully2452084frightful__ly
mirthfulness2053744mirth_fulness
pridefulness1854324pri_defulness
regretfulness1753874_regretfulness
restfulness1447234_r_estfulness
righteousness1763924_righteousness
rightness13117354_right___ness
ruthfulness1754984_ruth_fulness
thoughtfulness2481624thoughtfulness
trustfulness1565064tr_ustfulness
truthfulness1864414truth_fulness
wishfulness2054344_wish_fulness
wistfulness1745274_wi_stfulness
wrathfulness2154514wrath_fulness

Search took 6 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 Filter178691950240.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit95024315.06018779.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691315.43632871.8
 
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