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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 “footnotes” 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.

35 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
footnotes124432(None) 
footnote1144931footnote_
footnoted1342981footnoted
fistnotes1243782fistnotes
footropes1446412footropes
woodnotes1344162woodnotes
connotes10311453_connotes
fistnote1144323fistnote_
folkmotes1883283folkmotes
footages1239053foot_ages
footbaths1763093footbaths
footboys1644333footbo_ys
footcloths1852083footcloths
footholds1644363footholds
footies103721543foot__ies
footles103715713foot__les
footloose1242643footloose
footnoting1442563footnoting
footpaces1644643footpaces
footpaths1762993footpaths
footraces1446713footraces
footrope1346253footrope_
footsies1139643foot_sies
footsore1146063footsore_
footstep1363823foot_step
footsteps1462863foot_steps
footstones1345013footstones
footworks1945453footworks
fortunates1345263fortunates
foxtrots1843923foxtrot_s
frontes104214163fro_n_tes
hooknoses1644353hooknoses
outvotes1137903_outvotes
woodnote1244153woodnote_
zoonoses1746203zoo_noses

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641357.01621186.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.46823927.6
 
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