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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 “swellfishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

63 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
swellfishes205214(None) 
shellfishes2052581shellfishes
swellfish1842702swellfish__
billfishes1844253_billfishes
dealfishes1744193_dealfishes
fallfishes1943983_fallfishes
jellyfishes2781843_jellyfishes
jewelfishes2751783jewelfishes
sablefishes1952893sablefishes
sailfishes1644643s_ailfishes
sheatfishes2052483sheatfishes
shellfires1642553shellfi_res
shellfish1843223shellfish__
shellfishery246853shellfishery
spearfishes1953163spearfishes
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
weakfishes2343353_weakfishes
wolffishes2242983_wolffishes
angelfishes1862694angelfishes
coalfishes1844694_coalfishes
devilfishes2151994devilfishes
embellishes1852094embell_ishes
filefishes1944484_filefishes
foolfishes1943764_foolfishes
goldfishes1863564_goldfishes
headfishes2044414_headfishes
hellfires1564464_hellfi_res
jewfishes2543384_je_wfishes
killifishes2152044killifishes
milkfishes2243124_milkfishes
needlefishes1951374needlefishes
overfishes1947014ove_rfishes
redfishes1645794_re_dfishes
relishes11311954_re_l_ishes
sandfishes1745544s_andfishes
sawfishes1845744s__awfishes
selfish1388514s_e_lfish__
selfishly1843634s_e_lfishly
selfishness1743814s_e_lfishness
shellfire1542514shellfi_re_
shellfisheries2310444shellfisheries
snakefishes2152414snakefishes
spadefishes2052694spadefishes
spearfished2052104spearfished
squawfishes2952044squawfishes
stablishes1545374stabl_ishes
starfishes1646154s_tarfishes
stellifies1344314stell_ifies
stellites938124stell_i_tes
stockfishes2352884stockfishes
stonefishes1753714stonefishes
studfishes17103794s_tudfishes
suckfishes2243434s_uckfishes
sunfishes1547034s__unfishes
surffishes1984074s_urffishes
swellings13296104swell_i_ngs
swishes133411374sw____ishes
tilefishes1644604_tilefishes
trellises947024trell_is_es
wellies103719074_well_i__es
wellnesses1335784_wellnesses
wellsites1244674_wellsi_tes
welshes13379094_we_l__shes

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819639.11016335.8
3Display Results63630.0331909.1
 (SQL Overall)178691639.56618679.8
 
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