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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 “formworks” 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.

47 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
formworks214413(None) 
farmworks2143841farmworks
formwork2044531formwork_
farmwork2044192farmwork_
fireworks1946552fireworks
footworks1945452footworks
forewords16117402forewords
artworks1546523_artworks
bodyworks2243823bodyworks
farmworker2251693farmworker
farmworkers2351423farmworkers
firework1847413firework_
fireworms1745603fireworms
firmwares1743853firmwares
flatworks1944703flatworks
footwork1845813footwork_
forelocks1844743forelocks
forewarns1585633forewarns
foreword15118963forewor_d
foreworn14108863forewor_n
formers128217953form_er_s
formols12299413form_o_ls
forswore14106963forswor_e
forsworn14125763forswor_n
forwards1537043for_wards
forworn13107793for_wor_n
frameworks2243263frameworks
fretworks1945113fretworks
frostworks2043043frostworks
homeworks2145753homeworks
hornworms1744423hornworms
hornworts1544393hornworts
ironworks16114813ironworks
outworks15148973_outworks
preworks17599013_preworks
reworks145113603__reworks
roadworks1745313roadworks
rockworks1744873rockworks
teamworks1844593teamworks
topworks1745343to_pworks
tryworks1844603_tryworks
warworks1877063war_works
wireworks1946023wireworks
woodworks2045583woodworks
woolworks1954393woolworks
wormwoods1843283wormwoods
yardworks2044483yardworks

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641478.03318503.8
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691478.49921024.9
 
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