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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 “besoms” 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.

40 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
besoms10571273(None) 
besom95716971besom_
besots86415451besots
bosoms104913051bosoms
beams95328172be_ams
bebops1237622bebops
become123312592become
becomes132911962becomes
bedims1149592bedims
befogs1246452befogs
begums11429492begums
belons84119412belons
belows114614182belows
berms95323662be_rms
beseems1175912beseems
beses75830722bes_es
besets85718802besets
besnows1245152besnows
besot76429712beso_t
bestows1248862bestows
bests75932612bes_ts
betons84919552betons
bevors111610342bevors
beworms1437932beworms
bisons83914372bisons
blooms104613172blooms
booms95427122b_ooms
bosom95516922bosom_
bosomy13509032bosomy
bosons85016652bosons
brooms104915872brooms
celoms10412122celoms
genoms94412482genoms
jetsoms16124722jetsoms
mesons83215842mesons
pesos77221622peso_s
resods74116302resods
resows93915352resows
soms66239372__soms
venoms114211212venoms

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 Filter178691825510.716249568.4
2DLD Change Limit82551403.87621298.0
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.60838778.4
 
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