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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 “firth” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

88 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
firth11581953(None) 
airth85621021airth
birth105619871birth
fifth145210921fifth
filth115015821filth
firths125113501firths
forth116222671forth
frith115922031frith
girth95618841girth
mirth106418891mirth
yirth116513751yirth
airt45757782airt_
airths95414252airths
airts55626342airts
berth104917882berth
birch124914022birch
births115713602births
brith104924372brith
dirt55550382dirt_
dirts66824462dirts
dirty95617802dirty
earth85023052earth
faith115620852faith
fart76860562fart_
farts88336842farts
fiat76646642fiat_
fiats85324482fiats
fifths15406542fifths
fifty145211422fifty
fight124027092fight
filch134813322filch
filths12389782filths
filthy15356422filthy
finch135416972finch
fir66744892fir__
fire76245592fir_e
fired94829742fired
firer811229252firer
fires85740752fires
firm96026452fir_m
firms105217422firms
firn76927502fir_n
firns86018542firns
firry115713532firry
firs76637712fir_s
first86226122first
firsts95110922firsts
fish106926272fi_sh
fist76248422fist_
fists85527542fists
fit66365452fi_t_
fitch134816872fitch
fits76043462fi_ts
fixt1410729712fixt_
flirt87424752flirt_
flirts95411482flirts
flirty12499142flirty
fort76456442fort_
forte86131462forte
forts86034452forts
forty114824272forty
fourth12357442fourth
frit77044472frit_
friths124313582friths
frits86129102frits
fritt86129412fritt
fritz176020772fritz
froth115919282froth
garth94720222garth
girsh95310022girsh
girt56646422girt_
girths105612272girths
girts65423622girts
grith95520372grith
kith115826362ki_th
liroth938382liroth
mirths114912992mirths
ninth8314582ninth
north86018272north
pith95432692pi_th
sith75435152si_th
sixth155512232sixth
tilth85515362tilth
virtu85314092virtu
width12310962width
with105730472wi_th
worth117120522worth
yirths12639532yirths

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800881.62633087.3
3Display Results88880.0302933.3
 (SQL Overall)178691881.95291542.5
 
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