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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 “boshboks” 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.

35 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
boshboks194341(None) 
boschboks2251881boschboks
boshbok1844061boshbok_
boschbok2141902boschbok_
bashlyks2041973bashlyks
bishops1437033bish_ops
blauboks1642293blauboks
blesboks1643043blesboks
boathooks1844173boathooks
bohos105618253bo_h_o_s
bohunks1632943bo_hunks
bonbons1139333bo_nbons
bonobos1136393bonobo_s
bonteboks1741823bonteboks
booboos1138143bo_oboos
boohoos1237993booh_oos
books115729713bo___oks
boshes114721883bosh__es
boshvarks2141993boshvarks
bosks115218853bos___ks
bosoms104913053bos__oms
bosons85016653bos__ons
bossdoms1343733bossdoms
bostons9312903bos_tons
boubous1138693bo_ubous
bourbons1245343bourbons
bowshots1645103bowsh_ots
boyhoods1744883boyhoods
busboys14325023bus_boys
bushbucks2242183bushbucks
cashbooks2043223cashbooks
goshawks1962053goshawks
postboys1585273postboys
pothooks1746053pothooks
shooks134515633__shooks

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162357.76618820.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691358.18821823.5
 
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