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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 “motorbus” 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.

42 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
motorbus124444(None) 
motorbuses1443742motorbuses
motors84616602motor__s
autobus996513auto_bus
colobus11389373colo_bus
dolorous947843dolorous
microbus1456033microbus
moors74923143mo_or__s
motocross1344223motocross
motor75317293motor___
motorbike1743303motorbike
motorbikes1852873motorbikes
motorboat1355063motorboat
motorboats1453723motorboats
motorbusses1552133motorbusses
motorcar1274543motorcar
motorcars1394473motorcars
motordom1344293motordom
motordoms1444093motordoms
motored1039933motor_ed
motoric11312223motor_ic
motoring11410953motoring
motorings1245973motorings
motorise10311523motorise
motorises11311673motorises
motorist10314413motorist
motorists1149913motorists
motorize19410433motorize
motorizes20410783motorizes
motorless1145723motorless
motorman1246143motorman
motormen1245703motormen
motorway1643503motorway
motorways1742873motorways
notorious946213notorious
notornis845693notornis
odorous837663_odorous
rotors64917953rotor__s
sonorous8410413sonorous
torous64319033__torous
torus54329763__tor_us
waterbus1345863waterbus

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162429.07616104.2
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691429.51518779.9
 
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