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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 “foreshown” 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.

39 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
foreshown186447(None) 
foreshow1785891foreshow_
foreshows1875971foreshows
foreknown1952042foreknown
foreshock2144052foreshock
foreshore15118212foreshore
foreshowed2044062foreshowed
foreshowing2153522foreshowing
foresworn15126072foresworn
preshown16255632_preshown
reshown13257902__reshown
firethorn1543733firethorn
forehoof1746603fore_hoof
foreknow1842763foreknow_
foreknows1942453foreknows
forenoon1146823fore_noon
foresaw1377133fores_aw_
foreseen1139103fores_een
foreshadow2051823foreshadow_
foreshadows2151553foreshadows
foreshank1944673foreshank
foresheet1549233foresheet
foreshocks2243533foreshocks
foreshores16107403foreshores
foreshorten1752643foreshorten
foreskin1547023fores_kin
forespoke18105263forespoke
forespoken19113773forespoken
foreswore15117403foreswore
foreworn14108863fore_worn
forsworn14125763for_sworn
freshen133010883f_resh_en
freshman1644623f_reshman
freshmen1656023f_reshmen
preshow15237413_preshow_
preshows16267023_preshows
reshow123111433__reshow_
reshows132510453__reshows
resown94112923__res_own

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 Limit148641397.72019254.0
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691398.18921820.9
 
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