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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 “aboves” 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.

57 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
aboves11451284(None) 
abodes94417511abodes
above105414321above_
abases85720772abases
abates85825032abates
abbes96723522ab_bes
abeles84719392abeles
abides94719892abides
abioses9311492abioses
ables75935542ab_les
abode85518812abode_
aboded104912512aboded
abohms1335002abohms
abomas101113582abomas
aborts84916182aborts
abos67734412abo__s
absolves1344412absolves
abuses85119102abuses
abyes105518532ab_yes
adobes94411532adobes
adores74420722adores
agaves104611512agaves
agones75719862agones
alcoves1297882alcoves
aloes54933672alo_es
ambones11312682ambones
amoles84122192amoles
anodes74418762anodes
anoles64827432anoles
arbores94016032arbores
atones65225772atones
aves76142602a__ves
axones134614512axones
azoles154614612azoles
azotes154312222azotes
bodes84935102_bodes
boles75448602_boles
bones76446532_bones
bores76448252_bores
boxes145625072_boxes
cloves114918822cloves
coves105539172_coves
doves94728152_doves
droves105116672droves
gloves104115182gloves
groves104318102groves
hooves124815492hooves
loves85332012_loves
moves106128422_moves
oboes75717712obo_es
oboles83815832oboles
pooves113914712pooves
proves114322252proves
roves84834482_roves
shoves124919422shoves
stoves93818922stoves
troves94719112troves

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551572.25036689.3
3Display Results57570.0301900.0
 (SQL Overall)178691572.61068464.0
 
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