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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 “fortunate” 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.

33 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
fortunate124545(None) 
fortunates1345261fortunates
formulate1446992formulate
fortunately1752042fortunately
fortune1068302fortun__e
unfortunate1452192unfortunate
coadunate1245643coadunate
coronate103018213cor_onate
corrugate1255483corrugate
corticate13410773corticate
festinate1249473festinate
fistulate1246453fistulate
footnote1144933foot_note
foredate12310913for_edate
forename1347853for_ename
forficate1745123forficate
formate123115093for__mate
formulae1345983formula_e
formulated1645563formulated
formulates1546543formulates
fornicate1446083fornicate
fortuity1465573fortu_ity
fortuned1285323fortun_ed
fortunes1158283fortun_es
fortuning1345493fortuning
importunate1553103importunate
obturate1077773_obturate
ordinate9310253_ordinate
ornate6315143_or__nate
postulate1169813postulate
protonate11412573protonate
torquate1745003torqu_ate
unfortunates1551803unfortunates

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641337.19020673.3
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691337.62323441.0
 
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