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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 “fanlight” 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.

59 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
fanlight154584(None) 
fanlights1643921fanlights
alight103816862_a_light
daylight1644512daylight
flight134014812f__light
gaslight1395342gaslight
penlight1446422penlight
sunlight1245962sunlight
affright1844193affright
alights113211433_a_lights
alright1148853_alright
aright103817663_a_right
backlight2155703backlight
blight124114623__blight
catfight1744273catfight
daylights1743283daylights
deadlight1564523deadlight
delight12610673_delight
downlight1744003downlight
fanciest133612713fanciest
fanlike142610503fanli_ke
fight124027093f___ight
firelight1655533firelight
flashlight2052573flashlight
flights143310983f__lights
flighty17347433f__lighty
footlight16255273footlight
freight1447603f_reight
fright133715243f__right
gaslights1463753gaslights
gastight1365213gastight
gunfight1643493gunfight
headlight1744323headlight
infight1437453_infight
inflight1545893inflight
insight1137913_insight
jacklight2643743jacklight
knight1438173_kn_ight
lamplight1743843lamplight
light94429603___light
lowlight1554943lowlight
manliest102314943manliest
mislight1447243mislight
moonlight1544133moonlight
night94327853__n_ight
penlights1544203penlights
plight123513363__plight
relight11512063_relight
safelight16124473safelight
sennight1245143sennight
skylight1943993skylight
slight103416003__slight
starlight1345913starlight
sunlights1344003sunlights
taillight1344873taillight
tonight1138743ton_ight
twilight1543903twilight
unsight1137483_unsight
uplight13167363_uplight

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162599.39015565.7
3Display Results59590.0461282.6
 (SQL Overall)178691599.87218100.8
 
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