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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 “dovishness” 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.

40 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
dovishness174446(None) 
boyishness1843962boyishness
doggishness1793472doggishness
dollishness1544012dollishness
doltishness1544212doltishness
donnishness1543892donnishness
dovishnesses1944462dovishnesses
lavishness1644712lavishness
modishness1644552modishness
apishness1445743_apishness
bluishness1544593bluishness
bookishness2043693bookishness
boorishness1644243boorishness
coltishness1645043coltishness
devilishness1962383devilishness
dopiness11289973dopi__ness
doziness18228553dozi__ness
folkishness2143833folkishness
foolishness1744493foolishness
foppishness2153493foppishness
garishness1445743garishness
hoggishness1983583hoggishness
impishness1744123impishness
loutishness1444543loutishness
lovingness1443183lovingness
moistness1146343mo_istness
mulishness1544543mulishness
noisiness948343no_isiness
oafishness1644463oafishness
offishness1943793offishness
owlishness1644163owlishness
peevishness1943143peevishness
poshness1356653po__shness
rakishness1744613rakishness
roguishness1563633roguishness
slavishness1753703slavishness
sottishness1444433sottishness
uppishness1743493uppishness
voguishness1843283voguishness
wolfishness2043733wolfishness

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603406.36022107.4
3Display Results40400.0331212.1
 (SQL Overall)178691406.81326227.9
 
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