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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 “farmhouses” 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.

35 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
farmhouses184401(None) 
farmhouse1744031farmhouse_
firehouses16135152firehouses
warehouses1645812warehouses
alehouses1246583_alehouses
almshouses1552673_almshouses
armholes1347383_armho_les
arouses74921293_ar__ouses
backhouses2145743backhouses
baghouses1545463ba_ghouses
bakehouses19134453bakehouses
bathhouses1844193bathhouses
birdhouses1643323birdhouses
carouses10614503car__ouses
carthorses1546363carthorses
cathouses1439433ca_thouses
firehouse15135533firehouse_
flophouses1853963flophouses
framboises1742693framboises
funhouses1544593f_unhouses
gashouses1345763ga_shouses
gatehouses1445263gatehouses
guardhouses1662113guardhouses
jailhouses2043003jailhouses
madhouses1545743ma_dhouses
oasthouses1344973oasthouses
rehouses11312113__rehouses
taphouses1446553ta_phouses
warehouse1545793warehouse_
warehoused1743743warehoused
warehouser1643973warehouser
warehousers1752693warehousers
warhorses1545573war_horses
washhouses1943503washhouses
workhouses2044893workhouses

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 Filter1786911406030.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit140603356.76620780.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.18524870.0
 
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