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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 “firebacks” 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.

65 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
firebacks204630(None) 
fireback1946951fireback_
diebacks1745962di_ebacks
finbacks1965362fi_nbacks
fireballs14126492fireballs
firebases1446582firebases
firebricks2152092firebricks
firelocks1844232firelocks
flarebacks2143002flarebacks
givebacks2143992givebacks
tiebacks1646332ti_ebacks
bareback1846093bareback_
comebacks2145273comebacks
dieback1646913di_eback_
fallbacks2044353fallbacks
fastbacks2044253fastbacks
fatbacks1946003f_atbacks
feedbacks2143653feedbacks
fiddlebacks2451473fiddlebacks
finback1865823fi_nback_
firearms1335403fire_arms
fireball13127263fireba_ll
firebase1346493fireba_se
firebirds1544023firebirds
fireboards1645433fireboards
fireboats1446413fireboats
firebombs1842863firebombs
fireboxes2144773fireboxes
firebrands1643743firebrands
firebrats1445883firebrats
firebreaks1972883firebreaks
firebrick2042583firebrick_
firebugs14113823fireb_ugs
firedamps1742843firedamps
firefangs1643053firefangs
firehalls15105173firehalls
firelock1744823firelock_
firepans1347153firepa_ns
firepinks1852823firepinks
fireplaces1744343fireplaces
firetrucks1951733firetrucks
firewalls15125353firewalls
fireworks1946553fireworks
flareback2043183flareback_
forebays1637263foreba_ys
foredecks1973383foredecks
forefaces1747133forefaces
forelocks1844743forelocks
foreranks1645293foreranks
freaks134713063f_re_a_ks
fullbacks2043603fullbacks
giveback2044073giveback_
hardbacks2145373hardbacks
horsebacks2144143horsebacks
kickbacks1744313kickbacks
ninebarks1543683ninebarks
prepacks1836583_prepacks
rebecks15288013__rebecks
repacks15269543__repacks
reracks132310533__reracks
retacks132210713__retacks
ridgebacks2052323ridgebacks
tieback1547103ti_eback_
wingbacks2144063wingbacks
zwiebacks2942663zwiebacks

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641657.58019609.6
3Display Results65650.0302166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691658.03322244.6
 
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