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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 “sighted” 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.

42 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
sighted12311152(None) 
bighted142810921bighted
dighted132511491dighted
highted152710161highted
lighted122913501lighted
righted122912141righted
sighed113712051sigh_ed
sighter113412111sighter
slighted1357391slighted
alighted1347672alighted
bigoted11258402bigoted
blighted1546862blighted
fighter143010772fighter
flighted1646972flighted
frighted1657172frighted
knighted1745122knighted
lichted13268802lichted
ligated92414142ligated
lighten112811522lighten
lighter113113442lighter
nighed113811292nigh_ed
oughted1236222oughted
plighted1546462plighted
resighted1436522resighted
righter113212382righter
sifted104313672si_fted
sigher103813702sigh_er
sight94629292sight__
sighters122510602sighters
sightly14408272sightly
sights103818012sight_s
sightsee1245472sightsee
signed83413752sig_ned
signeted1035972signeted
silted74020012si_lted
sited65130742si__ted
slighter1257822slighter
sughed113610202sugh_ed
tighten11288972tighten
tighter112910692tighter
unsighted1455432unsighted
weighted1635592weighted

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671423.48330913.3
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691423.88945947.8
 
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