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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search foryellowish” 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.

23 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
yellowish184332(None) 
sallowish1544942sallowish
yellowest1554012yellowest
yellowing1655072yellowing
yellows13329602yellow_s_
bellowing1547193bellowing
bellows124313303bellow_s_
fellowing1655923fellowing
fellows134212433fellow_s_
hellish13310723hell__ish
jellyfish2551903jellyfish
lowish12310533___lowish
mellowest1445123mellowest
mellowing1545893mellowing
mellows123812233mellow_s_
slowish1337633__slowish
yellow12429883yellow___
yellowed15185743yellow_ed
yellower14186213yellow_er
yellowfin1851903yellowfin
yellowfins1951923yellowfins
yellowly17283623yellow_ly
yellowy16255693yellow__y

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 Limit148641236.32623496.8
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691236.76526414.0