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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 “focusless” 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.

39 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
focusless145226(None) 
focusers13134372focus_ers
focuses12159652focus_e_s
focusses13155222focusse_s
bogusness1243563bogusness
faceless13269173fac_eless
feckless17225783fec_kless
ficuses12159203ficus_e_s
flockless1843163floc_kless
flourless1243533flourless
foamless13195843fo_amless
focused13166413focus_e_d
focuser12155783focus_e_r
focussed14174043focusse_d
fogless1138193fo__gless
foodless12338383fo_odless
footless113710803fo_otless
forceless1435723forceless
fordless12289003fo_rdless
forkless15267433fo_rkless
formless13248083fo_rmless
foulest10313313fo_u_lest
foulness11236653fo_ulness
frockless1843453froc_kless
fucuses12158353fucus_e_s
furless103210143f__urless
fuseless11237233f__useless
hocuses121710423hocus_e_s
hocusses13155303hocusse_s
houseless1237463ho_useless
locules92812603locu_le_s
lossless835473lo_ssless
nounless837253no_unless
rockless14297293roc_kless
scumless1254993_scumless
sockless14267793soc_kless
soulless8218763so_ulless
soupless10268463so_upless
tousles74113933to_usle_s

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 Limit148641396.78021923.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691397.23624694.7
 
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