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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forswellfishes” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

18 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
swellfishes205214(None) 
shellfishes2052581shellfishes
swellfish1842702swellfish__
billfishes1844253_billfishes
dealfishes1744193_dealfishes
fallfishes1943983_fallfishes
jellyfishes2781843_jellyfishes
jewelfishes2751783jewelfishes
sablefishes1952893sablefishes
sailfishes1644643s_ailfishes
sheatfishes2052483sheatfishes
shellfires1642553shellfi_res
shellfish1843223shellfish__
shellfishery246853shellfishery
spearfishes1953163spearfishes
swordfishes2152163swordfishes
weakfishes2343353_weakfishes
wolffishes2242983_wolffishes

Search took 6 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 Filter1786911216330.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit121633184.93624642.0
3Display Results18180.0161125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691185.09235092.5