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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forwatchfulnesses” 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.

13 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
watchfulnesses255298(None) 
watchfulness2353082watchfulne_s_s
wrathfulnesses2354372wrat_hfulnesses
bashfulnesses2154183ba_shfulnesses
faithfulnesses2354403faithfulnesses
fancifulnesses2254003fancifulnesses
fatefulnesses1945993fat_efulnesses
hatefulnesses1945803hat_efulnesses
ruthfulnesses1954943rut_hfulnesses
tactfulnesses1855263ta_ctfulnesses
wakefulnesses2354293wa_kefulnesses
wastefulnesses2054523wastefulnesses
wishfulnesses2254283w_ishfulnesses

Search took 3 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 Filter178691435480.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit43548131.68625829.2
3Display Results13130.016812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691131.99889434.9