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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 “playbooks” 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.

31 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
playbooks204337(None) 
playbook1943461playbook_
daybooks1843982_daybooks
lawbooks1743742_lawbooks
playbacks2244132playbacks
playboys1843652playb_oys
playrooms1644222playrooms
blauboks1642293blaub_oks
bluebooks1743153bluebooks
chapbooks2283423chapbooks
claybanks2042413claybanks
copybooks2242643copybooks
daybook1744373_daybook_
flipbooks2051963flipbooks
lawbook1644033_lawbook_
logbooks1544023_logbooks
passbooks1743163passbooks
paybacks2145493p_aybacks
platoons1038683pla_toons
playback2144303playback_
playbills1642903playbills
playboy1743813playb_o_y
playdowns1843073playdowns
playgoers1543193playgoers
playoffs1942793play_offs
playroom1544553playroo_m
plywoods1744353pl_ywoods
prebooks1656303p_rebooks
psalmbooks205953psalmbooks
slyboots1343383sl_yboots
yearbooks1842573yearbooks

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641317.43619989.4
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691317.84222786.4
 
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