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

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

14 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
workforce215174(None) 
workforces2251751workforces
workfare1843122workfar_e
workhorse1943852workhorse
downforce1852453downforce
perforce1544963per_force
workfares1943393workfares
workfolk1742343workfo_lk
workfolks1851933workfolks
workhorses2043653workhorses
workhouse1945253workhouse
workpiece2052013workpiece
workplace2042733workplace
workspace2052133workspace

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641146.26323733.2
3Display Results14140.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691146.66926794.3