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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 “affordability” 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.

28 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
affordability255264(None) 
absorbability1962883absorbability
adorability1746873a_dor_ability
affability2145673aff___ability
affectability2663853affectability
affordabilities2453053affordabilities
affordably2251833affordab_l__y
formability2146933__formability
reformability2354623reformability
admirability2055694admir_ability
adoptability2054744a_doptability
affordable1942544affordab_l__e
alterability1747114alter_ability
arability14411004a___r_ability
enforceability2472544enforceability
exportability2774244exportability
forgeability2154554__forgeability
formidability2463964__formidability
friability1847884__f_riability
honorability2055804honor_ability
memorability2146434memor_ability
performability2663004performability
portability1849534__portability
refundability2253934refundability
roadability1757164__roadability
sorbability1846354__sorbability
unworkability2552894unworkability
workability2345364__workability

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 Filter178691950240.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit95024285.62316899.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691285.76530995.8
 
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