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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 “houseboys” 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
houseboys174404(None) 
houseboy1643871houseboy_
homeboys1845512ho_meboys
houseboat14145842houseboat
houseboats15144492houseboats
housetops1444352housetops
busboys14325023_bus_boys
doughboys1951663doughboys
hautboys1642773hau_tboys
homeboy1746153ho_meboy_
hoosegows1652793hoosegows
hoseys124614003ho_se__ys
housebound1652643housebound
housebroke1952543housebroke
housecoat14135673housecoat
housecoats15134353housecoats
housefly1744103housefly_
housefuls1544503housefuls
household1644053household
households1753643households
houseless1237463houseless
housels105312133house__ls
houseroom1444223houseroom
houserooms1553983houserooms
housers104717813house__rs
houses96032273house___s
housesits1244843housesits
housetop1343903houseto_p
housework1944523housework
houseworks2044313houseworks
postboys1585273po_stboys
rosebays13114903ro_sebays

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 Filter1786911486410.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit148641328.64317197.8
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691328.82620246.0
 
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