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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 “oafish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

53 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
oafish12131172(None) 
oarfish13158611oarfish
offish15137271offish
apish105116632_apish
banish111416042banish
batfish1558682batfish
boarfish1635752boarfish
boarish123911912boarish
boxfish2285542boxfish
catfish1559022catfish
coalfish1635492coalfish
codfish1637162codfish
cowfish1836432cowfish
danish101513792danish
deafish1438532deafish
dogfish15226762dogfish
elfish1267962elfish
famish14311842famish
fish106926272__fish
foxfish2354482foxfish
garfish14179202garfish
garish104516922garish
goatfish1544292goatfish
goatish1139562goatish
hagfish17227612hagfish
hogfish17257022hogfish
jadish17319902jadish
latish92416172latish
lavish124112982lavish
marish114319052marish
oafishly1754092oafishly
oafs76425262oaf_s_
oasis56422552oasis_
oddish11107652oddish
ogrish1039262ogrish
oldish10169312oldish
outfish132210572outfish
owlish1238702owlish
palish114718272palish
panfish15229972panfish
parish115022352parish
radish103516912radish
raffish1658842raffish
rakish134313962rakish
ratfish1338772ratfish
ravish123414032ravish
rawish123012912rawish
sawfish1637682sawfish
toadfish1544902toadfish
toadish1139062toadish
vanish121513212vanish
waifish1637702waifish
wolfish1636932wolfish

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit82551533.29625045.8
3Display Results53530.0331606.1
 (SQL Overall)178691533.45251764.5
 
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