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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 “poesy” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

115 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
poesy10501406(None) 
popsy125713401popsy
posy96028421po_sy
potsy105815611potsy
bossy105515972bossy
bousy104917842bousy
cosey106226712cosey
cosy97232702co_sy
does56554472does_
doest65829522doest
donsy96414682donsy
foes76543442foes_
goes55644092goes_
goosy96018882goosy
gorsy95915782gorsy
hoes75755732hoes_
horsy116318392horsy
hosey116127022hosey
joes116635892joes_
joey145719332joe_y
joeys15518042joeys
loess55714702loess
lossy85214642lossy
lousy84617082lousy
mosey105922872mosey
mossy105217062mossy
mousy106716942mousy
noes45845392noes_
noisy86813362noisy
nosey85619882nosey
nosy76322892no_sy
oes35866192_oes_
opes65942612opes_
palsy105417462palsy
pansy105717972pansy
patsy105717202patsy
peery105719442peery
pees65257372pees_
peony105717562peony
pes57259782p_es_
pesky145911562p_esky
peso66925822p_eso
pest65555292p_est
pesty106421712p_esty
phoresy1534652phoresy
pies66949602pies_
piety105817302piety
poboy121612222poboy
pocky165314602pocky
podgy125610772podgy
pods76540152pods_
poem86225772poe_m
poems95715552poems
poet65552902poe_t
poetry1139382poetry
poets76024442poets
pogey116017892pogey
pogeys124110352pogeys
pogy105623552po_gy
pois66539042pois_
poise75127892poise
pokes116133012pokes_
pokey145318972pokey
pokeys15529512pokeys
poky135922152po_ky
poles75351002poles_
pols66044562pols_
poly96235152po_ly
polys105718762polys
pomes94833932pomes_
pommy14449862pommy
poms87037742poms_
pones74547042pones_
pons65850602pons_
pony96434052po_ny
poofy136213272poofy
poos65949112poos_
popery134511702popery
popes95933812popes_
poppy114813192poppy
pops86340952pops_
pores75849032pores_
porgy116916122porgy
porky145019332porky
porny106020192porny
pose66441732po_se
posed85828412posed
poser75128772poser
poses74642762poses
posh95427322po_sh
posse74722272posse
post67953362po_st
pots66452362pots_
potty105621002potty
pouty107018812pouty
pows95537662pows_
poxes145325722poxes_
poxy166820892po_xy
presa74319042presa
prese75228382prese
press75425952press
prest75736352prest
prexy174611582prexy
prey96228482pre_y
preys105717782preys
prosy106319252prosy
pursy105016412pursy
pussy105614842pussy
pyes95528992pyes_
roes45954142roes_
rosy76024872ro_sy
sonsy86416372sonsy
toes46956442toes_
voes75432822voes_
woes76440662woes_

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit538001151.59333772.8
3Display Results1151150.0303833.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911151.92392923.0
 
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