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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 “laborious” 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
laborious114476(None) 
laboriously1654422laboriously
laborites1149262laborites
abortions1147783_abortions
abortus9397913_abor_tus
alburnous1143083alburnous
amorous9311133_amor_ous
arboreous1144293arboreous
arborous1047723arbor_ous
canorous10310193canor_ous
carious93320283ca__rious
clamorous1346193clamor_ous
flavorous1544253flavor_ous
glabrous1145533glab_r_ous
glamorous1245103glamor_ous
glorious946823_glorious
harborous1445483harbor_ous
laborers10208383labor_ers
laboring112110143labori_ng
laborite10410703labori_te
labors84016413labor___s
labroids1155843labroi_ds
lubricous1343953lub_ricous
luxurious1642853luxurious
malarious1147043malarious
notorious946213notorious
saporous1039053sapor_ous
savorous1146603savor_ous
taborines11238983taborines
taborins103310223tabori_ns
uxorious1544413_uxorious
vagarious1344613vagarious
valorous1147373valor_ous
vaporous1346483vapor_ous
various103113103va__rious

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 Filter1786911486410.440406115.9
2DLD Change Limit148641357.26620457.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.71923149.5
 
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