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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 “surffishes” 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.

29 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
surffishes198407(None) 
suckfishes2243432suckfishes
sunfishes1547032su_nfishes
surffish1744782surffish__
burnishes1436643bur_nishes
drumfishes1942753drumfishes
furbishes1745243fur_bishes
furnishes1536233fur_nishes
garfishes16167083gar_fishes
lumpfishes2042873lumpfishes
lungfishes1743413lungfishes
mudfishes1844193mu_dfishes
numbfishes2042783numbfishes
oarfishes15156953oar_fishes
outfishes15118023ou_tfishes
pupfishes1944313pu_pfishes
sailfishes1644643sailfishes
sandfishes1745543sandfishes
sawfishes1845743s_awfishes
squawfishes2952043squawfishes
starfishes1646153starfishes
studfishes17103793studfishes
suffices16208183su_ffi_ces
suffixes21196353su_ffi_xes
suffuses1435833su_ffus_es
surmises10310643sur_mis_es
surprises1137433surpris_es
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
wolffishes2242983wolffishes

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 Filter1786911406030.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit140603296.26622439.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.43827755.7
 
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