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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 “horseplayers” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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

24 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
horseplayers205174(None) 
horseplayer1952081horseplayer_
horseplays1842802horseplay__s
horseplay1743003horseplay___
horsepowers1952933horsep_owers
cardplayers1951664car_dplayers
displayers1654824_dis_players
foreplays1745044for_eplay__s
homeplaces1944374ho_meplace_s
horsecars1444764horse_ca__rs
horsefeathers2261194horsefeathers
horseflies1644714horsefl_ie_s
horsehairs1683684horse_ha_irs
horselaughs1851214horse_laughs
horseless1237214horse_l__ess
horsepower1853424horsep_ower_
horsepoxes2253794horsep_oxe_s
horseraces1546044horse_race_s
horseshoers17153034horse_shoers
houseboaters1752474houseboaters
houseplants1653114housepla_nts
nonplayers1543944no__nplayers
replacers13266834__r_eplacers
swordplayers216734swor_dplayers

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911247900.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit124790246.86018191.0
3Display Results24240.0161500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691247.29624491.6
 
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