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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 “shoemaker” 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
shoemaker184384(None) 
shoemakers1943491shoemakers
homemaker2044962_homemaker
snowmaker1872902snowmaker
bookmaker1643633bookmaker
comaker153410603_co_maker
diemaker1545593_diemaker
hatmaker1785353_hatmaker
haymaker20104773_haymaker
hoecake1645203_hoecake_
hoecakes1745323_hoecakes
homager13107853_ho_mager
homemakers2144663_homemakers
icemaker1644443_icemaker
lovemaker1843173lovemaker
pacemaker19104763pacemaker
phreaker1735053phre_aker
remaker133813173__remaker
sailmaker1543973sailmaker
shaker134319463sh___aker
shearer104414683sh_e_arer
shirtmaker1952333shirtmaker
shoaler102610083sho__aler
shocker163411433sho__cker
shoelace1345293shoelace_
shoelaces1445233shoelaces
sneaker112910453s_ne_aker
snowmakers1972583snowmakers
soaker105717533s_o__aker
speaker133311213s_pe_aker
squeaker2184883sque_aker
steelmaker1652823steelmaker
streaker12229483stre_aker
toolmaker1543133toolmaker
winemaker1844353winemaker

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641357.08020994.5
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691357.51623774.7
 
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