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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 “footfalls” 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.

46 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
footfalls154459(None) 
footballs1445361footballs
footfall1444821footfall_
footwalls1544381footwalls
foosballs1444022foosballs
football1345612football_
footfault15133202footfault
footfaults16131732footfaults
foothills1544132foothills
footstalls1343242footstalls
footwall1444522footwall_
outfalls1138142_outfalls
catfalls1347063_catfalls
downfalls1643143downfalls
fastballs1444443fastballs
floodwalls1752043floodwalls
foosball1344083foosball_
footages1239053foot_ages
footbags1444523footba_gs
footballer1552993footballer
footballers1652233footballers
footbaths1763093footbaths
foothill1444993foothill_
footholds1644363footholds
footles103715713foot__les
footmarks1843583footmarks
footpaces1644643footpaces
footpads1443983footpa_ds
footpaths1762993footpaths
footraces1446713footraces
footstalks1752333footstalks
footstall1243483footstall_
footways1744873footwa_ys
forkballs1844253forkballs
foxtails1844583foxt_ails
goofballs1543023goofballs
outcalls1038743_outcalls
outfall1039683_outfall_
pitfalls1345373_pitfalls
poolhalls1443643poolhalls
pratfalls1443863pratfalls
rockfalls1843183rockfalls
shortfalls1652913shortfalls
snowfalls15113083snowfalls
softballs1443773softballs
woolfells1541963woolfells

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 Limit148641467.33020278.4
3Display Results46460.0301533.3
 (SQL Overall)178691467.78022968.0
 
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