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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 “spelunker” 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
spelunker154196(None) 
spelunked1641541spelunked
spelunkers1641761spelunkers
plunker133910652_p_lunker
spelunk1343202spelunk__
spelunks1442362spelunk_s
clunker13419453__clunker
debunker1543093_debunker
flunker14389363__flunker
lunker104718343___lunker
plinker134010963_p_linker
plucker15368243_p_lucker
plunder103810503_p_lunder
plunger104211243_p_lunger
plunked14429593_p_lunked
plunkers14328333_p_lunkers
plunkier14305323_p_lunkier
punker123718823_p__unker
spanker133612353sp__anker
speaker133311213spe__aker
speller95415153spel__ler
spelter94113703spel__ter
spelunking17112003spelunking
spencer113610973spe__ncer
spender103713693spe__nder
spleenier1143863spleenier
splinter10329703sp_linter
splurger1143813sp_lurger
splutter10357443sp_lutter
spunked14307783sp__unked
spunkier14235823sp__unkier

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.39023261.5
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691316.82926166.5
 
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