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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 “foil” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

203 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
foil7643391(None) 
boil66335181boil
coil66439651coil
fail74840241fail
fil65447141f_il
foal76630921foal
foils85025811foils
foin77231561foin
fool75330591fool
foul77027581foul
fowl105723631fowl
moil65534091moil
noil46133241noil
oil37452051_oil
roil46235291roil
soil46138831soil
toil46536281toil
aboil72217542aboil
afoul8510192afoul
ail37171042_ail
anil46437432anil
aril45843022aril
axil116424452axil
bail65042802bail
boils75427192boils
boll65634752boll
bowl96827702bowl
broil74918222broil
ceil65725062ceil
coal66939252coal
coif96337912coif
coils75030082coils
coin66645352coin
coir66327242coir
col59360352co_l
cool66940492cool
cowl97530812cowl
deil56231622deil
diol57329132diol
doily95321032doily
doit56347852doit
dol47150652do_l
doll56632492doll
evil75318072evil
fails85631482fails
fain75840562fain
fair76332522fair
fall75535312fall
farl76338552farl
feal713940422feal
feel75233842feel
fell76833072fell
fib86344272f_ib
fid76847692f_id
fie67152442f_ie
fig76242832f_ig
fila74729132f_ila
file75446642f_ile
fill75540192fill
film94828172f_ilm
filo76034282f_ilo
fils75838692f_ils
fin66458032f_in
fir66744892f_ir
fit66365452f_it
fix136236102f_ix
fiz156238762f_iz
flail85316182flail
flic96223732flic
flip96324262flip
flir76422202flir
flit76539272flit
foals85721692foals
foam97127172foam
fob86748332fo_b
fobs96034272fobs
focal104917672focal
foci94521012foci
foe66350812fo_e
foes76543442foes
fog76945562fo_g
fogie96719002fogie
fogs87035002fogs
fogy115923182fogy
foh98135892fo_h
fohn106116552fohn
foible11410382foible
foiled104618402foiled
foins85523382foins
foist85730972foist
fold86528942fold
folia83618932folia
folic105319322folic
folio83820882folio
folk116021542folk
folly115022602folly
fon66352272fo_n
fond86330952fond
fons76943892fons
font77143752font
food86830572food
fools86824202fools
foot76248012foot
fop86743702fo_p
fops96532682fops
for66952072fo_r
fora75937392fora
forb97131332forb
ford86835492ford
fore78351472fore
fork115930942fork
form95836872form
fort76456442fort
foss76431642foss
fossil9379352fossil
fou66743782fo_u
fouls87221432fouls
four76226862four
fowls115518892fowls
fox136737862fo_x
foxily1947252foxily
foxy176517752foxy
foy96044262fo_y
foys105628292foys
fozy197017162fozy
frail85220212frail
frig85424502frig
frill84917562frill
frit77044472frit
friz166324342friz
fuel76824732fuel
full75229152full
furl77030882furl
fusil84715322fusil
fuzil173810702fuzil
goal55829302goal
hail74839062hail
heil76328932heil
howl107625692howl
jail115529092jail
join116724832join
jowl146120302jowl
kail85131492kail
koel84519942koel
kohl113911712kohl
koi77534752koi_
kois85129402kois
loid55531492loid
loin46838722loin
loll46128382loll
mail65543452mail
mil55752112_mil
moils76125752moils
mol56654592mo_l
moll66735702moll
mool67533862mool
nail45838652nail
nil36144192_nil
noel45226552noel
noils55024332noils
noily86120992noily
noir46722432noir
oi29061482_oi_
oils46337972_oils
oily77932252_oily
owl66228972_owl
pail66141832pail
poi57244662poi_
poilu72316002poilu
pois66539042pois
pol56449382po_l
poll66332132poll
pool65835952pool
rail46147762rail
reoil55321182reoil
roils54826792roils
roily86121112roily
roll46331652roll
rotl45029682rotl
sail45447162sail
soils55327982soils
sol37256622so_l
soli46637012soli
soul46435712soul
spoil75818652spoil
tail45443652tail
til36350262_til
toile54626492toile
toils54527492toils
toit46353062toit
toll45535262toll
tool46735682tool
vail75432552vail
veil75523592veil
viol76523592viol
void86220562void
voila84813942voila
voile84719722voile
wail75238822wail
wool76427372wool
yowl105820952yowl
zoic152316072zoic
zoril143916692zoril

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit298722030.75039829.3
3Display Results2032030.0464413.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912031.079165608.0
 
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