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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 “sportful” 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.

41 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
sportful134451(None) 
potful1138082_po_tful
poutful1236742_poutful
scornful1343332scornful
spoonful1343752spoonful
sportfully1853542sportfully
artful968273__artful
boatful1236283_boatful
effortful1451413effortful
forkful1744773_forkful
formful1545183_formful
hurtful1344853_hurtful
odorful1143483odor_ful
portal84218463_port_al
potfuls1236293_po_tfuls
scoopful1542963scoopful
shortcut1344453shortcut
shortfall1542873shortfall
slothful1442763slothful
sobful1136333s_o_bful
songful1145173s_ongful
soulful1045293s_oulful
spadeful1443963spadeful
spiteful1344303spiteful
spoonfuls1452863spoonfuls
spoonsful1452113spoonsful
sporal82915453spor__al
sport75935983sport___
sported104015433sport_ed
sporter93616553sport_er
sporters103714063sporters
sportier102010053sportier
sportif1238803sport_if
sportily1337733sportily
sporting112415463sporting
sportive1348333sportive
sports84619183sport__s
sporty115112493sport__y
sporule937273spor__ule
unartful1153563unartful
worthful1743463_worthful

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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162418.00018270.3
3Display Results41410.0301366.7
 (SQL Overall)178691418.43621182.0
 
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