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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 “forecasts” 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.

59 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
forecasts144580(None) 
forecast1349761forecast_
foremasts1445791foremasts
forecasted1685102forecasted
forecaster1586002forecaster
forecasters1675002forecasters
forecastle1552612forecastle
forecastles1652182forecastles
foremast1348612foremast_
foreparts1445222foreparts
forepast1348042forepast_
forests104114952fore__sts
foretaste1295862foretaste
foretastes1375592foretastes
precasts1239452_precasts
recasts93413532__recasts
boreases10310253bore_ases
breasts939703_bre_asts
cosecants1346533cosecants
downcasts1542913downcasts
feasts95116093f__e_asts
firebases1446583firebases
forearms1336603fore_arms
forebays1637263foreba_ys
forecasting1744473forecasting
forecloses1544693forecloses
forecourts1542603forecourts
foredate12310913foreda_te
foredates13310053foredates
forefaces1747133forefaces
foreguts1245563fore_guts
forehands1656743forehands
forelands1347173forelands
foremost1348583foremost_
forenames1447543forenames
forepart1349703forepart_
forepaws1695753forepa_ws
foreranks1645293foreranks
foresails1247153foresails
forest94926743fore__st_
foretasted1484753foretasted
forewarns1585633forewarns
foreyards1645503foreyards
formants13269953for_mants
formats123113573for_ma_ts
fracases1336993f_racases
notecases1145173notecases
offcasts1643013_offcasts
orgiasts943803_orgiasts
outcasts10108683_outcasts
overcasts14217853_overcasts
polecats1248833poleca_ts
precast11314853_precast_
recants93217093__recants
recast83422773__recast_
repasts93611933__repasts
solecists1187073solecists
telecasts1145543telecasts
typecasts1642823typecasts

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641597.65619415.0
3Display Results59590.0134538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691598.12222000.9
 
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