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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 “lionfishes” 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.

45 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
lionfishes164354(None) 
finfishes1846042fi_nfishes
lionfish1454092lionfish__
lionises8310312lion_is_es
moonfishes1844192moonfishes
pinfishes1746242pi_nfishes
billfishes1844253billfishes
blindfishes2052583blindfishes
blowfishes2143463blowfishes
bonefishes1844913_bonefishes
boxfishes2444153_boxfishes
clingfishes2052543clingfishes
codfishes1845643_codfishes
cowfishes2045723_cowfishes
dogfishes1745083_dogfishes
filefishes1944483filefishes
finishes1438983fi_n_ishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053_foxfishes
frogfishes2043323frogfishes
hogfishes1944683_hogfishes
ionises72916433_ion_is_es
kingfishes2143703kingfishes
ladyfishes2052843ladyfishes
lionesses939433lion_esses
lionise7310373lion_is_e_
lionised946603lion_is_ed
lioniser845583lion_is_er
lionisers944173lion_isers
lionizes1738773lion_i_zes
lumpfishes2042873lumpfishes
lungfishes1743413lungfishes
milkfishes2243123milkfishes
minishes13310583mi_n_ishes
monishes13311483_mon_ishes
monkfishes2243743_monkfishes
panfishes1737593_panfishes
pigfishes1845003pi_gfishes
pilotfishes1962133pilotfishes
pipefishes2043793pipefishes
ribbonfishes226803ribbonfishes
stonefishes1753713stonefishes
stonishes1247363ston_ishes
sunfishes1547033_sunfishes
tilefishes1644603tilefishes

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603456.58021368.2
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691457.03025418.3
 
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