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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 “township” 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.

36 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
township164546(None) 
townships1744981townships
sonship12108652so_nship
tranship13410192tranship
twinship1644472twinship
cowslip1444013cow_slip
deanship1446563deanship
dogeship1544083dogeship
downshift1983703downshift
downspin1443733downspin
godship1445083go_dship
gunship1345383_gunship
kinship1645833_kinship
longship1444093longship
lordship1444423lordship
nonslip946553no_nslip
ownership1754033_ownership
pawnshop18102563pawnshop
sonships1357463so_nships
storeship1445903storeship
tankship1744903tankship
thaneship1754463thaneship
tonsil6311873to_ns_il
townie93312303town__ie
townish13167933townish__
towns86018883towns___
townscape1652953townscape
townsman1344103townsman
townsmen1344073townsmen
toyshop1544873to_yshop
tranships14410333tranships
transship1446453transship
troopship1653233troopship
twinships1744123twinships
unship1148033__unship
worship1547833wo_rship

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 Limit146162367.39019778.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.82922824.2
 
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