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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 “foothills” 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.

34 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
foothills154413(None) 
foothill1444991foothill_
footballs1445362footballs
footfalls1544592footfalls
footholds1644362footholds
footwalls1544382footwalls
anthills1146533_anthills
boatbills1344173boatbills
doorsills1043003doorsills
downhills1643303downhills
flotilla1143293flot_illa
flotillas1243173flot_illas
foosballs1444033foosballs
football1345613football_
footfall1444823footfall_
foothold1545203footh_old
footies103721543foot_i_es
footings12248833foot_ings
footles103715713foot__les
footsies1139643footsi_es
footstalls1343243footstalls
footwall1444523footwall_
foxtails1844583foxtai_ls
frothily1745303frothi_ly
goodwills1442313goodwills
molehills1483443molehills
outkills1245143_outkills
outwills1135653_outwills
poolhalls1443643poolhalls
rootholds1343773rootholds
rototills943453rototills
thills95515383___thills
toothily1445523toothi_ly
zoophiles2356523zoophiles

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641346.26623721.8
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691346.70226662.3
 
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