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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 “flooey” 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.

48 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
flooey12391017(None) 
blooey115110791blooey
floosy12368151floosy
floozy21356611floozy
looey84822911_looey
bloody124710172bloody
bloomy134510112bloomy
cooey105828222_cooey
flakey164410512flakey
fley106626852fl__ey
floaty124210942floaty
flocky18468422flocky
floe76129772fl_oe_
floes85528142fl_oes
flood95215602floo_d
flooded12307932flooded
flooder11258462flooder
floods104511652floods
flooie93712152flooie
floor84215232floo_r
floored11268682floored
floorer10248072floorer
floors94112352floors
floppy1654872floppy
floret9321122floret
flossy12517702flossy
floury12449572floury
flowed133513762flowed
flower124815502flower
flowery16327782flowery
flukey16459812flukey
flutey125212522flutey
fogey125617872f_ogey
foley115222302f_oley
footy115820532f_ooty
gloomy12528762gloomy
gooey95522862_gooey
hooey114926602_hooey
looby108115622_looby
looed64626132_looed
looeys95110122_looeys
looney94712412_looney
loony86918962_loony
loopy105316642_loopy
phooey14379232phooey
ptooey11346412ptooey
sooey84522432_sooey
zooey173914802_zooey

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 Filter178691825510.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit82551485.73614391.7
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691486.38927968.5
 
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