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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 “smooths” 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.

40 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
smooths1221632(None) 
smooth11259201smooth_
smoothes13218541smoothes
smoothy15205081smoothy
sooths95715591s_ooths
besmooths1642592besmooths
booths115313792_booths
months113812932_months
moots75831662_moot_s
moths106021552_m_oths
mouths115214532_mouths
resmooths1442642resmooths
scoots85315942scoot_s
scouths12527892scouths
shoots94619362shoot_s
sloths94911892s_loths
smiths114711022sm_iths
smolts84411882smolt_s
smooch13266802smooch_
smooches15217262smooches
smoochy17223862smoochy
smoosh11236732smoosh_
smooshes13206862smooshes
smoothed14236472smoothed
smoothen13204962smoothen
smoothens14194252smoothens
smoother13196672smoother
smoothers14206042smoothers
smoothest14215772smoothest
smoothie1344892smoothie
smoothies1456132smoothies
smoothly16203642smoothly
snoots64216682snoot_s
sooth85924062s_ooth_
soothe94214852s_oothe
soothes103917112s_oothes
soots55536212s_oot_s
soths86218632s__oths
souths95216602s_ouths
tooths96013802_tooths

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671403.67029338.1
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691404.06243990.9
 
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