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

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

20 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
batfowling194244(None) 
baffling1756053ba_f_fling
batfowl1543593batfowl___
batfowled1851963batfowl_ed
batfowler1771893batfowl_er
batfowlers1851903batfowlers
batfowls1642773batfowl__s
battling113110493bat__tling
batwing13509813bat__w_ing
bawling133813863ba___wling
befooling1535053b_efooling
befouling1534983b_efouling
behowling1843683b_ehowling
biofouling1641823biofouling
bowling133916493b___owling
fowling143713113___fowling
outfooling1445473outfooling
outhowling1745183outhowling
patrolling1345703patrolling
waterfowling2251893waterfowling

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603205.81324187.7
3Display Results20200.0161250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691206.24928595.1