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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 “penlight” 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.

56 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
penlight144642(None) 
penlights1544201penlights
delight12610672de_light
fanlight1545842fanlight
plight123513362p__light
preflight1844672preflight
relight11512062re_light
sennight1245142sennight
sunlight1245962sunlight
alight103816863__alight
bedight1437483be_dight
beknight1843563beknight
blight124114623__blight
daylight1644513daylight
deadlight1564523deadlight
delights1347333de_lights
downlight1744003downlight
eight94928053_e__ight
enlighten1344353_enlighten
enlist6417043_enli_st
fanlights1643923fanlights
flight134014813__flight
gaslight1395343gaslight
greenlight1552733greenlight
gunfight1643493gunfight
headlight1744323headlight
height134713433he__ight
infight1437453_infight
inflight1545893inflight
insight1137913_insight
knight1438173_kn_ight
light94429603___light
lowlight1554943lowlight
mislight1447243mislight
moonlight1544133moonlight
night94327853__n_ight
overlight1647793overlight
penlite9313243penli_te
penlites10312263penlites
plights13299313p__lights
prefight1746393prefight
preflights1943323preflights
refight1488873re_fight
relights1248053re_lights
resight11510643re_sight
sennights1343433sennights
skylight1943993skylight
slight103416003__slight
spotlight1543713spotlight
sunlights1344003sunlights
superlight1646033superlight
tonight1138743ton_ight
twilight1543903twilight
unsight1137483_unsight
uplight13167363_uplight
weight133914183we__ight

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162567.55019359.2
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691567.71623158.5
 
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