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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 “catlike” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

57 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
catlike13271293(None) 
batlike133311881batlike
fatlike142911191fatlike
hatlike143311711hatlike
oatlike113412401oatlike
ratlike113912351ratlike
alike95523962_a_like
antlike11312072antlike
axlike17388852_axlike
baglike14338942baglike
boatlike1457962boatlike
cagelike1537722cagelike
calflike1735152calflike
carline93923612carline
catlin83819082catli_n
catling104819792catling
catlins93818842catlins
cattie85221022catti_e
cauline92215602cauline
cavelike1738212cavelike
clamlike1635162clamlike
clawlike1733912clawlike
claylike1734462claylike
crablike1636022crablike
cultlike1434932cultlike
cuplike1537212cuplike
cutline92914542cutline
fadlike15318482fadlike
fanlike142610502fanlike
gatelike1337932gatelike
gnatlike1334742gnatlike
goatlike1346292goatlike
gutlike12308652gutlike
hutlike14349062hutlike
jamlike20126922jamlike
jawlike21116002jawlike
jetlike18276762jetlike
lawlike14137072lawlike
manlike133012782manlike
maplike15299272maplike
mastlike1437862mastlike
moatlike1446992moatlike
netlike11308912netlike
nutlike113110112nutlike
oaklike10268002oaklike
oarlike113411192oarlike
potlike13910122potlike
ratline74517802ratline
raylike14269252raylike
saclike131210122saclike
saltlike1237252saltlike
sawlike14138442sawlike
scablike1635552scablike
taglike12278912taglike
warlike142410472warlike
wartlike1537042wartlike
waxlike21185972waxlike

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671573.37631893.1
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691573.76547461.1
 
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