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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 “pipefish” 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
pipefish184453(None) 
filefish1745592filefish
pigfish16217172pi_gfish
pinfish15319302pi_nfish
pipefishes2043792pipefishes
pupfish1735532pup_fish
tilefish1445452tilefish
viperfish2042942viperfish
viperish1655892viperish
billfish1645033billfish
bluefish1645143bluefish
bonefish1646283bonefish
cavefish1974853cavefish
finfish16268193fi_nfish
hippish1736183hip_pish
kingfish1944493kingfish
lionfish1454093lionfish
liverish1447863liverish
milkfish2043333milkfish
panfish15229973p_anfish
peevish1535783p_eevish
perish114619063__perish
pietism1139113pi_etism
pietist9414033pi_etist
piggish14227703pi_ggish
pilotfish1742603pilotfish
pinkish16279113pi_nkish
pipeful1445643pipef_ul
pipefuls1543753pipefuls
pipeless12107663pipeless
pipelike16166693pipelike
pipeline12149503pipeline
piperine122011833piperine
pipers104318663pipe_rs_
pipes96030143pipe__s_
pipets105714773pipe_ts_
pixieish2042603pixieish
pixyish2253653pi_xyish
plenish1239943p_lenish
popish133812113pop__ish
puppyish1742453puppyish
rosefish1445263rosefish
spadefish1842953spadefish
spiderish1544493spiderish
tigerish1246563tigerish
vixenish2142983vixenish
whitefish2143073whitefish

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162477.11020557.2
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691477.54623680.2
 
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