Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “backfills” 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
backfills2010465(None) 
backfill1965061backfill_
backfield2143382backfield
backfields2252212backfields
backfilled2253222backfilled
backfires2046182backfires
backfits19106952backfi_ts
backflips2243332backflips
bacilli1146403bac__illi
bacillus1245153bac__illus
backbites19108633backbites
backfilling2352613backfilling
backfire1946013backfi_re
backfired2144553backfired
backfit18108213backfi__t
backflip2143093backf_lip
backflow2243373backf_low
backflows2343873backflows
backhauls2044863backhauls
backings174012213back_ings
backlists17117413backlists
backsides1887693backsides
bankrolls1543003bankrolls
blackballs2043963blackballs
blackfins2054393blackfi_ns
blackflies2143733blackflies
blackpolls2062323blackpolls
cockbills1944233cockbills
duckbills1842423duckbills
hawkbills2142023hawkbills
jackrolls2252483jackrolls
landfills1343413landfills
rackfuls1744643rackf_uls
rockfalls1843183rockfalls
sackfuls1744163sackf_uls

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641357.31320325.6
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.74923059.9
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.