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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 “fretsome” 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
fretsome134585(None) 
grewsome1443732grewsome
awesome1245573awe_some
boresome1248403bore_some
creosote1045923creosote
eyesome1246163eye_some
fearsome1345113fearsome
firestone1247423firestone
footsore1146063footsore
foretime1348213foret_ime
foursome1344673foursome
freedom1345863freedom_
freedoms1445433freedoms
freestone1245893freestone
freshmen1656023fre_shmen
frets85523403frets___
fretsaw1343923frets_aw
fretsaws1442763fretsaws
fretwork1845693fretwork
fulsome1245363f_ulsome
gleesome1143973gleesome
greedsome1352983greedsome
grewsomer1542493grewsomer
gruesome1144283gruesome
irksome1344373ir_ksome
jetsom15126143_jetsom_
jetsoms16124723_jetsoms
prestore104217353prestore
presume11310303pre_sume
proteome12228423proteome
resole64624183_re_sole
restoke116113903_restoke
restore75822983_restore
resume8313783_re_sume
retime85321803_ret_ime
retore67630773_ret_ore
threesome1454023threesome
tiresome1046993tire_some
trisome9310223tr_isome
woesome1246733woe_some

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162407.78318779.6
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691408.21921741.2
 
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