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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 “overlight” 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.

50 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
overlight164779(None) 
overflight2044441overflight
overlights1744851overlights
overnight1646771overnight
oversight1647631oversight
overtight1647621overtight
overbright1944892overbright
overflights21122812overflights
overhigh1846362overhigh_
overlighted1944212overlighted
overlit102714742overli__t
overmighty2272622overmighty
overnights1744062overnights
oversights1744442oversights
overweight2045372overweight
delight12610673_de_light
firelight1655533firelight
outright1248743outr_ight
overbig13237543overbig__
overbought1953893overbought
overfish1737893overfish_
overfit132610963overfi__t
overgilt1239623overgi_lt
overgirt1239123overgi_rt
overleapt14247883overleapt
overlength1762993overlength
overlent112715293overl_ent
overlet102619033overl__et
overlie102615013overli__e
overlies112417043overli_es
overlighting2044433overlighting
overlive142211293overli_ve
overlived16248513overlived
overlives152210143overlives
overlush1445273overlush_
overnighted1953993overnighted
overnighter1852883overnighter
overrich1648453overrich_
overrigid1444603overrigid
overslipt1447743oversli_pt
overtaught1753563overtaught
overtighten1853503overtighten
overweigh1945523overweigh_
overweighs2044093overweighs
overweights2153733overweights
penlight1446423_penlight
preflight1844673preflight
relight11512063_re_light
starlight1345913starlight
superlight1646033superlight

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641506.40623203.4
3Display Results50500.0301666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691506.85926052.0
 
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