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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 “ouzo” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

45 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
ouzo13351693(None) 
orzo134516781orzo
ouzos143210411ouzos
auto47432082auto
azo128233392_azo
bozo156821412bozo
bubo85621912bubo
buzz146617802buzz
duo48536142du_o
duro56228022duro
euro45325272euro
fuze166422372fuze
fuzz158420572fuzz
gonzo15310242gonzo
juco134716202juco
judo125315302judo
kudo96115102kudo
mozo157719742mozo
oho66534382o_ho
oleo46630482oleo
olio46829672olio
ono36838032o_no
onto46127662onto
ooze136420602ooze
oozy167018132oozy
ordo54622352ordo
orzos143311252orzos
otto45220642otto
ouch95724632ouch
oud47439072ou_d
ouds56430102ouds
ouph95618372ouph
our36042892ou_r
ours47237562ours
oust46747442oust
out38072152ou_t
outdo6312702outdo
outgo6312092outgo
outs45746962outs
ouzel144612322ouzel
oxo107322962o_xo
sumo67326312sumo
udo49027302_udo
upo58925862_upo
zuz1110622032zuz_

Search took 3 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 Filter178691298720.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit29872452.03014715.3
3Display Results45450.0162812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691452.10984727.8
 
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