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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 “foundries” 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.

48 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
foundries134569(None) 
boundaries1345112boundaries
countries11313612countries
laundries1045562laundries
sundries9312022_sundries
bounties10311403boun_ties
counties10316283coun_ties
ferneries1239043ferneries
feudaries1345883feudaries
fineries112416743f_ineries
flaneries1249563flaneries
flunkies1536393flun_kies
flurries11188913flu_rries
fondles113512613fo_nd_les
fondues11399313fo_nd_ues
foodies113416753fo_od_ies
fooleries1248743fooleries
fopperies1666013fopperies
forgeries13310003forgeries
founded124011423found__ed
founder114312573found__er
foundered1435403foundered
foundering1545353foundering
founders123911673found_ers
founding133010793found_ing
foundling1435213foundling
foundlings1542913foundlings
foundry1433913foundr__y
founds104814193found___s
fountains1245283fountains
fuddies123211203f_u_ddies
fundraise1342823f_undraise
fundraises1442693f_undraises
funnies104113603f_un_nies
furies95126373f_u__ries
gauntries1046043gauntries
joineries1648103joineries
maundies1137853maund_ies
monandries1344513monandries
outcries10313573_outcries
outdrives1346703_outdrives
poultries1148453poultries
poundages1344153poundages
roughdries1552683roughdries
roundtrips1351893roundtrips
undies73821963__und_ies
undried92314613__undried
updries10209083__updries

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641487.87618872.7
3Display Results48480.0301600.0
 (SQL Overall)178691488.32621461.8
 
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