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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 “labored” 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.

38 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
labored10281024(None) 
laborer9249501laborer
laboured1156321laboured
tabored102810561tabored
aboded104912512_aboded
aborted10310422_aborted
adored84714242_adored
arbored103811602arbored
belabored1443812belabored
bored85034302__bored
clamored1336942clamored
favored1455982favored
flavored1554572flavored
harbored1438632harbored
labeled102510562labeled
labor75117312labor__
laboredly1542382laboredly
laborers10208382laborers
labors84016412labor_s
labourer1045752labourer
labret8320222lab_ret
labroid1038822labroid
lagered92311152lagered
laired75216812la_ired
layered11259412layered
majored1735852majored
razored1736332razored
rebored105015882rebored
sabered103213022sabered
sabred95916532sab_red
savored1158342savored
tabered103311592tabered
tabooed10267382tabooed
taborer9269292taborer
taboret92916112taboret
taboured1156272taboured
unlabored1243802unlabored
vapored1336922vapored

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671382.92336835.8
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691383.29654214.5
 
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