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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 “foreboding” 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.

40 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
foreboding174421(None) 
forboding1645141for_boding
forebodings1852401forebodings
forebodies1644622forebodies
forebodingly2251082forebodingly
foredoing1456482foredo_ing
foregoing1455792forego_ing
corroding1337943cor_roding
firebombing21101353firebombing
forbearing1644803forbearing
forbidding1843063forbidding
fording123717043for___ding
fordoing1357303for_do_ing
forearming1644193forearming
forebode1448273forebod__e
foreboded1645673forebod_ed
foreboder1545743forebod_er
foreboders1644173foreboders
forebodes1547613forebod_es
forebody1745153forebod__y
forebrain1445163forebrain_
forebrains1544623forebrains
foreclosing1752963foreclosing
foredating1577123foredating
foredooming1852353foredooming
forefending1943493forefending
forejudging2451603forejudging
foreknowing2251863foreknowing
forelocking2142593forelocking
foreseeing1444553foreseeing
foreshowing2153523foreshowing
foresting13311363fore_sting
forewing1539003fore__wing
forfending1844183forfending
forgoing1366853for_go_ing
forwarding1843493forwarding
precoding15109733_precoding
rebodying1635003__rebodying
reboring11312783__reboring
recoding122213853__recoding

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603405.69024710.5
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691406.10629264.8
 
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