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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 “confines” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
confines1331565(None) 
confides14310571confides
confine12315581confine_
confined14310401confined
confiner13311191confiner
confiners1439951confiners
coniines10415361coniines
conines93827791con_ines
bonfires1367382bonfires
canines93724032can_ines
cocaines121314442cocaines
codeines113114522codeines
coffined1735992coffined
coffins153110192coffin_s
combines142814622combines
comfiness1646952comfiness
condones112817392condones
confide13310202confide_
confided1537452confided
confider1438122confider
confiders1537482confiders
confirms1536302confirms
confits122811422confi_ts
confuses13310362confuses
confutes1339842confutes
conies84338592con_i_es
coniine9316802coniine_
conine84528552con_ine_
conins84327232con_in_s
connives1339722connives
continues11310992continues
convenes132916912convenes
convinces1647832convinces
cosines94122672co_sines
reconfines1546652reconfines
tontines82114732tontines

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit121059363.76632145.2
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691364.19942555.6
 
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