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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 “moorish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 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
moorish12331178(None) 
boorish123712591boorish
moonish123311041moonish
poorish123712301poorish
boarish123911912boarish
boobish14338942boobish
bookish163610022bookish
coolish12312522coolish
foolish1339612foolish
goodish1237962goodish
marish114319052m_arish
mobbish1635922mobbish
modish123813542m_odish
monish114217592m_onish
monkish1638242monkish
moonfish1675332moonfish
moonrise1046782moonrise
moorier93113072moorier
mooriest102812722mooriest
mooring102514442mooring
moors74923142moor_s_
mopish134311592m_opish
morris83814732morris_
motorise10311522motorise
motorist10314412motorist
noirish1037882noirish
nourish1039702nourish
ogrish1039262_ogrish
pooris83916842pooris_
sourish10310692sourish
whorish1636602whorish

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671313.39031761.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691313.76647448.5
 
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