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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 “horoscope” 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.

32 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
horoscope164727(None) 
hodoscope1755341hodoscope
horoscopes1747631horoscopes
horoscopy1954381horoscopy
aeroscope1347682aeroscope
baroscope1546572baroscope
borescope1545402borescope
gyroscope1755012gyroscope
hodoscopes1855772hodoscopes
horoscopies1856102horoscopies
otoscope1246432_otoscope
aeroscopes1448013aeroscopes
baroscopes1646753baroscopes
bioscope1446483_bioscope
borescopes1645173borescopes
cryoscope1895143cryoscope
endoscope1445653endoscope
fetoscope1655263fetoscope
fluoroscope18194283fluoroscope
gyroscopes1845073gyroscopes
hagioscope1853693hagioscope
hornstone1266073hornstone
horologe1248363horo_loge
iconoscope1653533iconoscope
microscope18138573microscope
myoscope1744993_myoscope
otoscopes1346513_otoscopes
otoscopy1544073_otoscopy
periscope1546413periscope
roscoe839763__rosco_e
thermoscope2084803thermoscope
uroscopy1544273_uroscopy

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 Limit148641326.23323847.4
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691326.65526850.6
 
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