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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 “foothill” 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.

50 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
foothill144499(None) 
foothills1544131foothills
football1345612football
footfall1444822footfall
foothold1545202foothold
footwall1444522footwall
frothily1745302frothily
toothily1445522toothily
anthill1048203_anthill
boatbill1244463boatbill
doorsill943763doorsill
downhill1543613downhill
filthily1743663filthily
flotilla1143293flot_illa
foosball1344083foosball
footballs1445363footballs
footfalls1544593footfalls
footholds1644363footholds
footie94718143foot_i_e
footier104115113foot_ier
footies103721543foot_ies
footing115017593foot_ing
footle93914383foot__le
footlike1537253footlike
footling12239923footling
footsie1047653footsi_e
footsies1139643footsies
footstall1243483footstall
footwalls1544383footwalls
foxtail1745383foxtai_l
foxtails1844583foxtails
frothier1435953frothier
frothing15208533frothing
goodwill1342863goodwill
molehill1374183molehill
mouthily1645903mouthily
outkill1136553_outkill
outwill1037323_outwill
poolhall1343703poolhall
roothold1244763roothold
rototill844433rototill
soothing12269973soothing
soothly13186923sooth_ly
sootily101810523soot_ily
thill85918733___thill
toothier1136423toothier
toothing12278863toothing
worthily1745253worthily
zoophile2246453zoophile
zoophily2544913zoophily

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 Filter1786911461620.810220606.2
2DLD Change Limit146162507.28320068.9
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691508.10922036.1
 
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