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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 “horrible” 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.

54 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
horrible1313523(None) 
horribles14113971horribles
horribly16114311horribly
forcible1545142forcible
horridly15114792horridly
terrible1046642terrible
barrable1249243barrable
carriole1089863carriole
coercible1544873coercible
cornicle1258783cornicle
corrie83621223corri__e
corrigible1552813corrigible
corrodible1552943corrodible
curricle12145933curricle
erodible1145493erodible
erosible1046443erosible
errable9312183_errable
foible11410383fo__ible
forcibly1843863forcibly
fordable1439593fordable
formable1539503formable
hearable131611603hearable
hirable121612313h_irable
hireable13139083hireable
hoarily1338973hoari_ly
hobble133913433ho__bble
holdable1437073holdable
honorable1446953honorable
hornbill1384173hornbill
hornily1338283horni_ly
horrid10311563horri__d
horrider1236533horrider
horrific1643623horrific
horrified16145063horrified
horrifies15146393horrifies
horrify1635023horri_fy
horsily1338843horsi_ly
hostile10312553hosti_le
oriole6814293_o_riole
orrice81410163_orri_ce
partible1238063partible
porridge1243763porridge
portable12313203portable
possible1245813possible
pourable1239133pourable
sorbable1239303sorbable
sorrily1039833sorri_ly
sortable10312483sortable
terribly1344923terribly
thurible1343353thurible
torridly1284473torridly
tortile7313193torti_le
workable1737093workable
zorille1636673zo_rille

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162547.23320207.7
3Display Results54540.0331636.4
 (SQL Overall)178691547.67223291.3
 
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