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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 “goatfishes” 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
goatfishes174394(None) 
batfishes1746582_batfishes
boarfishes1844972boarfishes
catfishes1746302_catfishes
coalfishes1844692coalfishes
flatfishes1944002flatfishes
garfishes16167082g_arfishes
goatfish1544292goatfish__
goldfishes1863562goldfishes
grayfishes2043632grayfishes
oarfishes15156952_oarfishes
outfishes15118022_outfishes
ratfishes1546102_ratfishes
toadfishes1743792toadfishes
baitfishes1844053baitfishes
bonefishes1844913bonefishes
boxfishes2444153bo_xfishes
codfishes1845643co_dfishes
cowfishes2045723co_wfishes
crawfishes2143593crawfishes
crayfishes2143403crayfishes
dealfishes1744193dealfishes
dogfishes1745083do_gfishes
foolfishes1943763foolfishes
foxfishes2544053fo_xfishes
frostfishes2052273frostfishes
garnishes13198813g_arnishes
globefishes2052313globefishes
goatish1139563goat_ish__
goatishly1643383goat_ishly
goosefishes1852293goosefishes
hagfishes1945153_hagfishes
headfishes2044413headfishes
hogfishes1944683ho_gfishes
monkfishes2243743monkfishes
moonfishes1844193moonfishes
outfished16116603_outfished
outwishes15126563_outwishes
panfishes1737593_panfishes
platyfishes2252193platyfishes
rockfishes2263513rockfishes
rosefishes1644113rosefishes
sawfishes1845743_sawfishes
sheatfishes2052483sheatfishes
starfishes1646153starfishes
weakfishes2343353weakfishes
wolffishes2242983wolffishes

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 Filter1786911406030.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit140603476.67321070.4
3Display Results47470.0301566.7
 (SQL Overall)178691477.12625075.9
 
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