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

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

19 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
devilfish194232(None) 
devilish1546371devil_ish
dealfish1545502de_alfish
devilfishes2151992devilfishes
deafish1438533de__afish
delish105215613de__l_ish
demolish1447833demol_ish
depolish1446943depol_ish
deviling1311812853devil_ing
devilishly2051793devil_ishly
devilkin1642953devilki_n
devilkins1742803devilkins
devilling1436703devilling
devilries1345253devilries
devils104412813devil__s_
elfish1267963_e__lfish
jewelfish2551703jewelfish
sailfish1446053_sailfish
selfish1388513se__lfish

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641197.51619776.6
3Display Results19190.0131461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691197.96922423.3