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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 “forces” 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.

114 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
forces11442213(None) 
farces115223321farces
force105324271force_
forced126316521forced
forceps14466981forceps
forcer114917341forcer
forcers124215711forcers
fores85847101for_es
forges105024261forges
formes114623711formes
fortes95327181fortes
bocces123912022bocces
boraces113716852boraces
bores76448252bor_es
coerces11311942coerces
cores76361852cor_es
corses84433462corses
corves115122522corves
deforces14248402deforces
dories75232362dories
enforces13208012enforces
faces106439432f_aces
faeces114713122faeces
falces115216002falces
farce104925322farce_
farced125216532farced
farcer115016082farcer
farcers124713442farcers
farcies125317882farcies
fares85852872far_es
farles96025782farles
fasces114914542fasces
fauces114916152fauces
feces105625362f_eces
fences114617112fences
feres86038182fer_es
fices106031162f_ices
fires85740752fir_es
focus105815882fo_cus
foes76543442fo__es
fogies104118062fogies
folles93820472folles
forages114217282forages
forams115115912forams
forays124813002forays
forbs105720802for_bs
forcipes1535942forcipes
forded115020392forded
fordoes11311962fordoes
fords95328182for_ds
fore78351472for_e_
forest94926742for_est
forge95126942forge_
forged115519322forged
forger104820772forger
forgers115218182forgers
forget106326392forget
forgets113813792forgets
forgoes11311352forgoes
forked145217142forked
forker134717902forker
forkers144615782forkers
forks125324682for_ks
forme105225992forme_
formed125021172formed
formee113919942formee
former114221402former
formers128217952formers
forms105327052for_ms
fornices1369102fornices
forte86131462forte_
forties104323862forties
fortis95418612fortis
forts86034452for_ts
forums114611842forums
fosses96022082fosses
foxes156321092fo_xes
frees86131392f_rees
fries85535602f_ries
frocks154111212frocks
froes86126692f_roes
furies95126372furies
furzes186613692furzes
fyces139813642f_yces
gores65740372gor_es
gorges85321892gorges
gorses74723292gorses
hordes104921632hordes
horses94729342horses
lores55045402lor_es
lories64933042lories
merces105720742merces
mores76249642mor_es
nonces84418832nonces
orcas75918622_orcas
orcs67025432_orc_s
ores46056682_or_es
orles55326212_orles
ponces104720842ponces
porches143815672porches
pores75849032por_es
sores55454282sor_es
sources9312172sources
terces83921412terces
torches123715432torches
torcs75123762torc_s
tores55352672tor_es
tories65435882tories
torses64727952torses
tortes64826052tortes
voces105918052vo_ces
voices114414012voices
worses95522952worses
yores85031322yor_es

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit825511142.22037185.1
3Display Results1141140.0303800.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911142.58069260.1
 
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