Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “foretime” 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.

94 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
foretime134821(None) 
aforetime1444041aforetime
foretimes1447461foretimes
beforetime1751582beforetime
forelimb1544082forelimb
forename1347852forename
foreside12310302foreside
forgetive16124462forgetive
onetime937622_onetime
retime85321802__retime
sometime1246752sometime
zonetime1944952zonetime
aftertime1445473aftertime
airtime948063air_time
betime105914833__betime
boresome1248403boresome
downtime1444753downtime
facetiae1346213facetiae
fertile10311733fer_tile
fireside1247013fireside
flextime2042813flextime
foetid10510513fo_eti_d
footie94718143fo_oti_e
forearm1238703forearm_
forearmed1544863forearmed
forearms1336603forearms
forebode1448273forebode
forebye1536353fore_bye
foredate12310913foredate
foredid1238503foredi_d
foredone1249733foredone
foreface1647113foreface
foregone1238583foregone
foreign1136833fore_ign
forelimbs1642233forelimbs
foremen12412923fore__men
foremilk1744373foremilk
forenamed1545163forenamed
forenames1447543forenames
foresee10414333fore_see
foresides1339713foresides
forestage1346973forestage
forestial1247233forestial
foresting13311363foresting
foretaste1295863foretaste
foretell1146123foretell
foretoken1644353foretoken
foretold1256493foretold
foretop12117893foret_op
foretopmen1752383foretopmen
foretops13137483foretops
forewing1539003forewing
forewomen1746463forewomen
forgive1436193for_give
forklike1435813forklike
formative1747963formative
forme105225993for___me
forte86131463for_t__e
forties104323863for_ties
fortify1636523for_tify
fortis95418613for_ti_s
fortune1068303for_tune
fouette1038213fouet_te
fretsome1345853f_retsome
furtive1337173fur_tive
lifetime1343983lifetime
longtime1144363longtime
maritime1247383maritime
monetise10311473monetise
monetize1949983monetize
mortice11711493mor_tice
mortise9713533mor_tise
noontime1095383noontime
optime1079353_o_ptime
orective1339353_orective
oreide7311673_ore_ide
overtime131312273_overtime
poetise9314043po_etise
poetize18310773po_etize
regime95313943__regime
retie55735303__reti_e
retile65929673__retile
retimed104714653__retimed
retimes95020173__retimes
retine66237333__retine
retire64927013__retire
sometimes1345993sometimes
sorptive1346473sorptive
sortie63621993sor_ti_e
termtime1244773termtime
tortile7313193tor_tile
unretire846963unretire
wartime1237743war_time
zonetimes2044203zonetimes

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162946.54622328.4
3Display Results94940.0332848.5
 (SQL Overall)178691947.00225520.0
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2026  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.