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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 “rockfishes” 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.

34 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
rockfishes226351(None) 
jackfishes2943762jackfishes
monkfishes2243742monkfishes
rockfish2043902rockfish__
rosefishes1644112rosefishes
stockfishes2352882stockfishes
suckfishes2243432suckfishes
blackfishes2543503blackfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153bo_xfishes
coalfishes1844693coalfishes
cockfights2551833cockfights
codfishes1845643co_dfishes
cowfishes2045723co_wfishes
dogfishes1745083do_gfishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053fo_xfishes
frogfishes2043323fro_gfishes
frostfishes2052273frostfishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
goldfishes1863563goldfishes
hogfishes1944683ho_gfishes
milkfishes2243123milkfishes
moonfishes1844193moonfishes
oarfishes15156953_oarfishes
outfishes15118023_outfishes
ratfishes1546103r_atfishes
redfishes1645793r_edfishes
rockroses1545563rockros_es
toadfishes1743793toadfishes
trunkfishes2151773trunkfishes
weakfishes2343353weakfishes
wolffishes2242983wolffishes

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603345.78324313.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691345.95530006.9
 
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