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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 “cookbook” 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.

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
cookbook154444(None) 
cookbooks1643851cookbooks
codebook1744112codebook
copybook2142832copybook
workbook1643742workbook
bankbook1543323bankbook
booboo1039463boo_boo_
booboos1138143boo_boos
bookoo1248343book_oo_
bookoos1337503book_oos
casebook1644453casebook
cashbook1943493cashbook
chapbook2193743chapbook
checkbook21122443checkbook
cockboat1857393cockboat
codebooks1843693codebooks
coocoo1069693coo_coo_
cookoff1954073cook_off
cookout13410153cook_out
cookshop1943773cookshop
cooktop1544043cook_top
cooktops1644063cooktops
copybooks2242643copybooks
corkwood1885213corkwood
crookback1852703crookback
hornbook1744653hornbook
logbook1454513_logbook
nonbook1346283_nonbook
notebook1443603notebook
schoolbook2151863schoolbook
songbook1543633songbook
wordbook1844063wordbook
workbooks1743413workbooks

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162336.42322756.0
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.87226002.8
 
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