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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 “freighters” 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.

42 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
freighters176412(None) 
freighter1655021freighter_
fighters15269402f__ighters
firefighters2271722firefighters
freighted1755202freighte_d
freights1555852freight__s
frightens1655392fr_ightens
righters122610712_r_ighters
weighters1644672_weighters
blighters1555743_blighters
brightens1565373br_ightens
brighter1476663br_ighter_
delighters1544363delighters
feigners1235483f_eig_ners
fighter143010773f__ighter_
firefighter2172033firefighter_
flichters1774173f_lichters
foreigners1444143foreig_ners
freight1447603freight___
freightage1851393freightage
freightages1951503freightages
freighting1844543freighting
fretters113410303fre__tters
frigates12310933fr_igate_s
frighted1657173fr_ighte_d
frighten1566443fr_ighte_n
frights14339623fr_ight__s
fritters113810783fr_i_tters
fruiters11328183frui__ters
heightens1644713_heightens
infighters1743323infighters
lighters123111393__lighters
plighters1545533_plighters
registers1038893_registers
reinters82614773_rei_nters
retightens1453683_retightens
righter113212383_r_ighter_
sighters122510603__sighters
sleighers1343703sleigh_ers
slighters1346713_slighters
weighers15135673_weigh_ers
weighter1535603_weighter_

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603426.62621219.9
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.04825353.4
 
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