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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 “marabouts” 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.

31 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
marabouts136496(None) 
marabous1249061marabou_s
marabout1249111marabout_
gadabouts1342852gadabouts
layabouts1442572layabouts
marabou1147492marabou__
arbours93910043_ar_bours
barbuts11439843bar_b_uts
bareboats1345853bareboats
caribous1258823caribou_s
carryouts1443453carryouts
gadabout1245563gadabout_
grayouts1244693_grayouts
harbours1346923har_bours
hardboots1544353hardboots
hereabouts1552753hereabouts
layabout1345163layabout_
mahouts1237143m__ahouts
marasmus1244473marasmu_s
marauds1037553mara__uds
marmots11311513mar_mo_ts
marplots1245633marplo_ts
parabolas1347013parabolas
paramounts1443903paramounts
paramours1345663paramours
ragouts838543__ragouts
rubouts937983__rubouts
runabouts1142723runabouts
stirabouts1252173stirabouts
turnabouts1252103turnabouts
walkabouts1951563walkabouts

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641317.22020587.4
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.67223291.3
 
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