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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlongshore” 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.

22 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
longshore134396(None) 
alongshore1451921alongshore
longhorn1245422long_horn
longsome1145932longs_ome
onshore10310012_on_shore
foreshore15118213foreshore
gonophore1546213gonophore
inshore1038723_in_shore
ionophore1446623ionophore
lakeshore1652743lakeshore
lonesome1047473lones_ome
longhorns1344133long_horns
longhouse1345403long_house
longicorn1252213longicorn
longship1444093longsh_ip
longships1544233longships
longshoreman186733longshoreman
longshoremen186903longshoremen
longshoring1652083longshoring
longspur1152093longspur_
longspurs1242173longspurs
offshore1742543_offshore

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641226.57622603.6
3Display Results22220.0161375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691227.01525472.7