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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 “fireships” 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.

40 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
fireships174602(None) 
fireship1646231fireship_
airships1347712air_ships
preships1539312_preships
reships1239862__reships
airship1248523air_ship_
dogeships1643973dogeships
earlships1444773earlships
firedamps1742843firedamps
fireflies1545363fireflies
fireside1247013fires_ide
firesides1346613firesides
firetraps1444303firetraps
flagships1843703flagships
foresails1247153foresails
foreshows1875973foreshows
foreskins1647043foreskins
freshens14298313f_reshens
freshes133515823f_resh_es
freshets14298673f_reshets
freshing152611023f_reshing
friendships2052233friendships
guruships1542983guruships
hardships1845653hardships
heirships1744963heir_ships
kingships1943973kingships
kinships1745793ki_nships
lairdships1653003lairdships
lordships1544263lordships
mateships1646473mateships
midships1645693mi_dships
preship1439793_preship_
reship11310673__reship_
riderships1655083riderships
sideslips1243673sideslips
storeships1545763storeships
wardships1844593wardships
warships1647553war_ships
wineshops1743963wineshops
worships1647103wor_ships

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641408.22018082.8
3Display Results40400.0133076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691408.66920612.6
 
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