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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 “outfish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
outfish13221057(None) 
outwish13289851outwish
batfish1558682batfish
catfish1559022catfish
goatfish1544292goatfish
huffish1935712huffish
loutish1039962lout_ish
lutfisk1443582lutfisk
mudfish1646262mudfish
oafish121311722o_afish
oarfish13158612oarfish
offish15137272o_ffish
outfast101412122outfast
outfight1546102outfight
outfind1139562outfind
outfire1049712outfire
outfished16116602outfished
outfishes15118022outfishes
outfit93014952outfi_t
outfits102210832outfits
outgush1145132outgush
outkiss1137782outkiss
outpush1245492outpush
outrush1037042outrush
outwash13187612outwash
outwith13279132outwith
pupfish1735532pupfish
ratfish1338772ratfish
ruttish1048302ruttish
sunfish1338882sunfish

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671302.96636301.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.35853213.5
 
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