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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 “otoscope” 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.

34 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
otoscope124643(None) 
otoscopes1346511otoscopes
otoscopy1544071otoscopy
bioscope1446482bioscope
fetoscope1655262fetoscope
hodoscope1755342hodoscope
horoscope1647272horoscope
myoscope1744992myoscope
otoscopies1455122otoscopies
aeroscope1347683aeroscope
apocope1346033apo_cope
baroscope1546573baroscope
bioscopes1546553bioscopes
bioscopy1743823bioscopy
borescope1545403borescope
cryoscope1895143cryoscope
cystoscope1953903cystoscope
endoscope1445653endoscope
episcope1445833episcope
fetoscopes1745393fetoscopes
fetoscopy1953183fetoscopy
gyroscope1755013gyroscope
hodoscopes1855773hodoscopes
horoscopes1747633horoscopes
horoscopy1954383horoscopy
iconoscope1653533iconoscope
myoscopes1845043myoscopes
oospore939013o_ospore
outscore10169203outscore
roscoe839763_rosco_e
scope94821483___scope
statoscope1454723statoscope
towrope1245583_towrope
uroscopy1544273uroscopy

Search took 8 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 Limit146162347.00020880.3
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.43924020.8
 
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