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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forshortfall” 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.

18 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
shortfall154287(None) 
shortfalls1652911shortfalls
footfall1444823_footfall
outfall1039683__outfall
shirttail1252523shirttail
shoptalk1743573shopt_alk
shortage1236313short_age
shortcake1843203shortcake
shorthair1543023shorthair
shorthand1643753shorthand
shortia1048193shortia__
shortias1148093shortia_s
shortly13387573short__ly
shortwave1842483shortwave
snowfall14133303sno_wfall
softball1344203s_oftball
sportful1344513sportf_ul
sportfully1853543sportfully

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641186.23623836.0
3Display Results18180.0131384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691186.68526730.1