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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 “sourcebooks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

25 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
sourcebooks195107(None) 
sourcebook1851221sourcebook_
bluebooks1743154blu__ebooks
codebooks1843694co__debooks
forebooms1645334fo_r_ebooms
guidebooks1851294_guidebooks
hornbooks1843814ho_r_nbooks
notebooks1543124no__tebooks
outcooks1436724_outc__ooks
prebooks1656304__pr_ebooks
rebooks134010514___r_ebooks
sauceboats1452534sau_ceboats
sauceboxes2151764sau_ceboxes
scrapbooks2051674s_crapbooks
sketchbooks216974sketchbooks
songbooks1643414so__ngbooks
sorcerous1145914so_rce_rous
sourceless1273014source_less
sources9312174source____s
sourwoods1344024sour__woods
storybooks1952094stor_ybooks
studbooks1652464stu__dbooks
stylebooks1951844s_tylebooks
wordbooks1943664wo_r_dbooks
workbooks1743414wo_r_kbooks

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148819258.37617767.3
3Display Results25250.0161562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691258.79820310.4
 
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