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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forlovelocks” 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.

23 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
lovelocks184287(None) 
lovelock1743251lovelock_
forelocks1844742forelocks
gavelocks1942792gavelocks
havelocks2143262havelocks
laverocks1843352laverocks
bollocks1636503bo_llocks
firelocks1844233firelocks
forelock1745593forelock_
gavelock1843013gavelock_
havelock2043683havelock_
laverock1743543laverock_
lavrocks1743663lav_rocks
livestocks1952303livestocks
loveless1168573lovel_ess
lovelies1139893lovel_ies
lovelorn1144353lovelo_rn
lovesick1742853lovesick_
oarlocks1445103_oarlocks
overlooks1685483_overlooks
pollocks1656473po_llocks
relocks134411293__relocks
rowlocks1744353ro_wlocks

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641237.56319653.7
3Display Results23230.0161437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691237.99922339.2