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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 “filefish” 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.

60 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
filefish174559(None) 
tilefish1445451tilefish
billfish1645032billfish
fallfish1744462fallfish
filefishes1944482filefishes
finfish16268192fi_nfish
flemish1536372f_lemish
milkfish2043332milkfish
pipefish1844532pipefish
blemish1436603_blemish
bluefish1645143bluefish
bonefish1646283bonefish
cavefish1974853cavefish
elfish1267963_el_fish
fetish12310373f__etish
feverish1745413feverish
fideism1335773fide_ism
fideist1139753fide_ist
fiefs116213703fi_ef_s_
fiendish1544033fiendish
fiftyish2042553fiftyish
filers94623723file_rs_
files85441273file__s_
fileting1239303fileting
filets94718953file_ts_
filmis114610283fil_mis_
finish124613413fi__nish
firefight1944133firefight
flatfish1744933flatfish
flesh115013743f_le__sh
fluish1239333f_l_uish
fogeyish1843843fogeyish
folkish1736563fol_kish
foolfish1744393foolfish
foxfish2354483f_oxfish
frogfish1843943frogfish
goldfish1644203goldfish
killifish1942673killifish
kingfish1944493kingfish
leftish13197253__leftish
lionfish1454093lionfish
liverish1447863liverish
pigfish16217173pi_gfish
pilotfish1742603pilotfish
pinfish15319303pi_nfish
plenish1239943_plenish
rosefish1445263rosefish
sablefish1742903sablefish
sailfish1446053sail_fish
selfish1388513sel_fish
silverfish1952173silverfish
tigerish1246563tigerish
tilefishes1644603tilefishes
viperfish2042943viperfish
viperish1655893viperish
vixenish2142983vixenish
whitefish2143073whitefish
wildish1446853wil_dish
wolffish2043333wolffish
wolfish1636933wol_fish

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162607.34319904.9
3Display Results60600.0331818.2
 (SQL Overall)178691607.81222873.9
 
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