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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 “photos” 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.

56 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
photos11331664(None) 
phonos114114791phonos
photo104417231photo_
photog12379811photog
photogs13358211photogs
photon1111514831photon
photons123814431photons
phots105418501phot_s
bhoots11459912bhoots
cholos114716852cholos
chotts113610992chotts
dhotis1038972dhotis
hobos106321352_hobos
homos105921782_homos
hoots84830252_hoots
hots78349332_hot_s
kotos95717702_kotos
lotos54724632_lotos
pantos85222742pantos
pestos84719082pestos
pharos11312062pharos
phones114121212phones
phono104917022phono_
phonon114012032phonon
phonons123310252phonons
phons105221142pho_ns
phot95534362phot__
photic133316442photic
photics142810482photics
photoed1338912photoed
photoset13414282photoset
phuts104613502phut_s
phytol14366562phytol
phytols15276552phytols
phyton143610252phyton
phytons15319062phytons
pintos86021292pintos
plots75025672plot_s
polos76129912p_olos
pomos95321582p_omos
poos65949112p_o_os
pothos114214692p_othos
pots66452362p_ot_s
pottos84615872pottos
promos105116422promos
prosos85718552prosos
proton84318892proton
protons93118002protons
puntos85915792puntos
rotos56027882_rotos
shoos84226362sho_os
shoots94619362shoots
shotes95321912shotes
shots84730852shot_s
shotts93614702shotts
tholos94213002tholos

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551562.15638289.0
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691562.27978407.6
 
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