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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 “bullfighting” 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.

37 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
bullfighting225151(None) 
bullfightings236951bullfightings
blighting1635733b__l_ighting
bullfight1842933bullfight___
bullfighter2051293bullfight_er
bullfighters216993bullfighters
bullfights1951973bullfight__s
gunfighting2051773gu_nfighting
outfighting1943313ou_tfighting
uplighting1743363_upl_ighting
alighting1446414__al_ighting
backlighting2552474backlighting
bedighting1844174b__edighting
beknighting2251884b_eknighting
bighting15269454b____ighting
bullbaiting1651944bull_baiting
bulldogging1751684bulldog_ging
bulleting1236644bull___eting
bullshitting1851204bullshitting
cockfighting2851344cockfighting
colligating1545714coll_igating
daylighting2072064dayl_ighting
delighting1644994_del_ighting
dogfighting2151504_dogfighting
fighting162710084____fighting
flighting1736104__fl_ighting
infighting1844414__infighting
lighting132811834___l_ighting
mislighting1843414misl_ighting
plighting1635564__pl_ighting
preflighting2252654preflighting
refighting1845204__refighting
relighting1545854_rel_ighting
slighting1436374__sl_ighting
unsighting1584444_u_nsighting
unweighting1952304_unweighting
uprighting1743464_u_prighting

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 Filter1786911247900.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit124790375.79621530.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.21828737.7
 
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