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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 “despoiler” 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.

42 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
despoiler124396(None) 
despoiled1344651despoiled
despoilers1343531despoilers
despairer1243692despairer
despiser1136342desp_iser
despoil1046522despoil__
despoils1145622despoil_s
spoiler93310682__spoiler
defiler113911883de__filer
deporter1169393de_porter
deposer104011843de_po_ser
depriver1446293de_priver
describer1444613describer
descrier1157623descri_er
desilver12286503des__ilver
desirer8310783des__irer
despair1045463despai__r
despaired1344503despaired
despairers1343103despairers
despise1038683desp_ise_
despised1236923desp_ised
despisers1245153desp_isers
despises1139433desp_ises
despite10410123desp_ite_
despited1248323desp_ited
despites11410313desp_ites
despoiling1445113despoiling
despoilment1653683despoilment
desponded1445323desponded
destrier9311823destri_er
detailer9268673de_tailer
dispeller12146983dispeller
disposer11310413dispo_ser
espalier1036363_espalier
espouser1044383_espouser
recoiler103210493re_coiler
responder1246453responder
respooled1245593respooled
spoiled104811353__spoiled
spoilers10238633__spoilers
spooler93711383__spooler
unspoiled12255563unspoiled

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641426.51622811.7
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691426.93825755.4
 
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