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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 “shrifts” 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.

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
shrifts133596(None) 
shifts124412941sh_ifts
shrift12413541shrift_
thrifts1335521thrifts
drifts10499892_drifts
grifts104511682_grifts
rifts85718642__rifts
scripts11509372scripts
serifs94017052serif_s
shafts125411442sh_afts
sharifs13279902sharif_s
sheriffs17253922sheriffs
sherifs13299682sherif_s
shift114225142sh_ift_
shifty15409262sh_ifty
shirts94918342sh_irts
shists96515112sh_ists
shits84731172sh_i_ts
shrieks14377672shrieks
shrikes144412392shrikes
shrills10389932shrills
shrimps14516752shrimps
shrines104618692shrines
shrinks14397912shrinks
shris84221452shri__s
shrives134416172shrives
shroffs1634362shroffs
sifts84918922s__ifts
sprints94113772sprints
sprits85122532spri_ts
strifes104716582strifes
swifts12408172s_wifts
thrift12412042thrift_
thrifty1634192thrifty

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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit107671342.97036252.9
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.43652005.5
 
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