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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 “wolffishes” 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.

35 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
wolffishes224298(None) 
goldfishes1863562goldfishes
wolffish2043332wolffish__
billfishes1844253billfishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
boarfishes1844973boarfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153bo_xfishes
coalfishes1844693coalfishes
codfishes1845643co_dfishes
cowfishes2045723co_wfishes
dogfishes1745083do_gfishes
fallfishes1943983fallfishes
filefishes1944483filefishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053fo_xfishes
goatfishes1743933goatfishes
hogfishes1944683ho_gfishes
milkfishes2243123milkfishes
monkfishes2243743monkfishes
moonfishes1844193moonfishes
oarfishes15156953_oarfishes
outfishes15118023_outfishes
polishes13711783pol__ishes
rockfishes2263513rockfishes
rosefishes1644113rosefishes
surffishes1984073surffishes
swellfishes2052143swellfishes
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
tilefishes1644603tilefishes
toadfishes1743793toadfishes
weakfishes2343353weakfishes
wolfish1636933wol_fish__
wolfishly2143023wol_fishly
wolfishness2043733wol_fishness

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 Limit140603355.97023551.6
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.13929107.5
 
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