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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

33 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
spookier1417549(None) 
spoonier10167651spoonier
hookier143811672_hookier
kookier10398282_kookier
pockier153911602_pockier
pokier124914632_p_okier
porkier133712342_porkier
rookier114012382_rookier
smokier1356702s_mokier
snooker113910302snook_er
snoopier10177272snoopier
snootier8278382snootier
snoozier17185192snoozier
sootier73916612s_ootier
sparkier14298032sparkier
spikier13369982sp_ikier
spongier1135742spongier
spoofer12368722spoo_fer
spooked144510472spook_ed
spookery17264142spook_ery
spookiest15156392spookiest
spookily1744172spookily
spooking15269802spooking
spookish1744642spookish
spooler93711382spoo_ler
spoonies101911752spoonies
sportier102010052sportier
spottier10207312spottier
spunkier14235822spunkier
stockier14217252stockier
stooker113811732stook_er
swoonier11185132swoonier
swoopier13175142swoopier

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911210590.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit121059334.15629128.7
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691334.56239169.4
 
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