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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 “firelight” 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.

33 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
firelight165553(None) 
firefight1944131firefight
firelights1764011firelights
firefights2043312firefights
firelit10310862fireli__t
foresight1645322foresight
freight1447602f_re_ight
limelight1544242limelight
relight11512062__relight
sidelight14175482sidelight
airtight1245973air_tight
delight12610673__delight
fanlight1545843f_anlight
firefighter2172033firefighter
fistfight1952863fistfight
flight134014813f___light
footlight16255273footlight
foresights1743753foresights
fortnight1643803fortnight
freights1555853f_re_ights
fright133715243f_r__ight
highlight1653543highlight
inflight1545893_inflight
limelights1652793limelights
mislight1447243mi_slight
overlight1647793overlight
prefight1746393_prefight
preflight1844673_preflight
refight1488873__refight
relights1248053__relights
resight11510643__resight
safelight16124473safelight
sidelights15153703sidelights

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641336.47022973.9
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.90625874.7
 
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