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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 “carthorse” 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.

38 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
carthorse144629(None) 
carthorses1546361carthorses
cathouse1338862ca_thouse
warhorse1445352war_horse
ahorse9311513_a__horse
antrorse846933_antrorse
arthroses1248733_arthroses
authorise1248023_authorise
authors10311853_authors_
camphors1737053camphors_
cantors94620753cant_ors_
captors113914983capt_ors_
carhops14329703car_hops_
carouse9614423car__ouse
cartelise1148113cartelise
carters95327253cart_ers_
cartons94122473cart_ons_
cartoons104012803cartoons_
castors94919443cast_ors_
catharses1446413ca_tharses
cathode1338993ca_tho_de
cathodes1439393ca_thodes
cathouses1439433ca_thouses
coauthors1444313coauthors_
cockhorse2044043cockhorse
courthouse1543903courthouse
earthrise1246483earthrise
farmhouse1744033farmhouse
markhors1745393markhors_
oasthouse1244773oasthouse
packhorse2043393packhorse
racehorse1443763racehorse
sartors7314973sart_ors_
sawhorse1443523sa_whorse
warehouse1545793warehouse
warhorses1545573war_horses
warthogs1544833warthogs_
workhorse1943853workhorse

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641387.79619066.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691388.24821664.8
 
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