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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 “abbots” 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.

30 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
abbots103928(None) 
abbot9318451abbot_
abbas95918642abb_as
abbes96723522abb_es
abbess10509772abbess
abbeys13538422abbeys
abbotcy1642092abbotcy
abets75621672a_bets
abhors11410622abhors
aborts84916182aborts
abos67734412a_bo_s
abuts75417072a_buts
abvolts12104372abvolts
allots64019172allots
ambits103713412ambits
ambos95321252ambo_s
arbors84717882arbors
argots74116032argots
ascots85312512ascots
baboos103517012baboos
blots75626172_blots
boots75837972_boots
bots66453952__bots
ebbets10376832ebbets
jabots1538882jabots
rabbets11279422rabbets
rabbits11299862rabbits
robots8313152robots
sabbats1138632sabbats
sabots8314702sabots

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551304.15319877.4
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691304.52939454.8
 
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