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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 “seafood” 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.

76 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
seafood114615(None) 
seafoods1245671seafoods
seaboot9512332seaboot
seafloor1143322seafloor
seafowl1343912seafowl
selfhood1543792selfhood
serfhood1544292serfhood
afoot8420113__afoot
bearwood1445403bearwood
beblood12106083beblood
beefwood1743353beefwood
befool1137713be_fool
deadwood1444843deadwood
enfold10137613_enfold
food86830573___food
leafed105713873leaf_ed
nonfood1156653nonfood
peafowl1543193peafowl
pearwood1444833pearwood
peascod1244073peascod
plafond1344183plafond
redwood1236523redwood
reflood1136363reflood
refold103812113re_fold
safrol937283s_afrol
saloon64418023s_aloon
saloop84212583s_aloop
sapwood1366913sapwood
sarod65325873s_a_rod
scaffold1742233scaffold
seabed95017693sea_bed
seabird1055363seabird
seaboard1147433seaboard
seaboots1047093seaboots
seacock1545573seacock
seadog838743sea_dog
seadogs958643seadogs
seafloors1243053seafloors
seafowls1443663seafowls
seafront1148023seafront
sealed74328363sea_led
seamed94823883sea_med
seaport9315603seaport
seared75232843sea_red
season62714903sea_son
seasoned948113seasoned
seasons72614233seasons
seated75131063sea_ted
seaward1148183seaward
seaweed11108813seaweed
second9411153se_cond
seedpod1144013seedpod
selfdom1343733selfdom
selfed10310913self_ed
selfhoods1643583selfhoods
sepaloid1146763sepaloid
serfdom1344213serfdom
serfhoods1643873serfhoods
sesamoid1144063sesamoid
shadoof1446133shadoof
shafted14288813shafted
sheafed14388973sheaf_ed
sialoid8310963sialoid
sixfold1842723sixfold
sleazoid1843203sleazoid
snafued1134933snafued
snood64616163s__nood
sonhood1168313sonhood
sparoid102311543sparoid
staffed14298283staffed
stood65517713s__tood
teakwood1643973teakwood
tearoom939063tearoom
telford1145153telford
tenfold1145713tenfold
webfoot1544213webfoot

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027766.53320515.4
3Display Results76760.0302533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691766.96925640.8
 
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