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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 “bosoms” 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.

47 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
bosoms10491305(None) 
besoms105712731besoms
booms95427121bo_oms
bosom95516921bosom_
bosomy13509031bosomy
bosons85016651bosons
besom95716972besom_
besots86415452besots
bisons83914372bisons
blooms104613172blooms
blossoms12134552blossoms
bohos105618252boho_s
bolos75531372bolo_s
bolsons969482bolsons
boobs96221992bo_obs
books115729712bo_oks
boom87435672bo_om_
boomy125421822bo_omy
boons75031912bo_ons
boors74325012bo_ors
boos67955032bo_o_s
boosts86115012boosts
boots75837972bo_ots
borons85520542borons
boshes114721882boshes
bosks115218852bos_ks
bosomed1238002bosomed
boson76019732boso_n
boss65938342bos__s
bossdoms1343732bossdoms
bosses85925402bosses
bostons9312902bostons
bosuns8439382bosuns
bottoms1136992bottoms
boyos105418282boyo_s
bozos165216862bozo_s
brooms104915872brooms
cosmos10311752cosmos
dooms85321342do_oms
embosoms1444392embosoms
imbosoms1443302imbosoms
looms75124642lo_oms
rooms75324682ro_oms
sodoms989672sodoms
soms66239372__soms
unbosoms1243262unbosoms
zooms164415522zo_oms

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 Limit82551472.21637252.3
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691472.56269746.7
 
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