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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 “spouses” 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.

55 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
spouses9291281(None) 
espouses1037301espouses
scouses93313241scouses
souses64229241s_ouses
spouse84112511spouse_
spoused10349651spoused
arouses74921292arouses
bespouses1345152bespouses
blouses94014462blouses
bouses84931782_bouses
chouses125117812chouses
douses74928932_douses
eposes84418782epo_ses
espouse936402espouse_
espoused1134852espoused
espouser1044382espouser
espousers1143382espousers
grouses84616542grouses
houses96032272_houses
louses66230282_louses
mouses85531422_mouses
nouses64627162_nouses
opuses84012242op_uses
pauses84621472_pauses
pluses83618072_pluses
poises84226542_poises
poses74642762_po_ses
posses85128802_posses
puses75532202_p_uses
rouses65436282_rouses
scouse84113632scouse_
sinuses73011592sinuses
situses72710492situses
souse56530772s_ouse_
soused74822982s_oused
speises93813932speises
spenses92913572spenses
spodes94817432spo_des
spokes124417212spo_kes
sponges10311042sponges
spores84726612spo_res
sporules1037702sporules
spousal965532spousal
spousals1064352spousals
spouted103412262spouted
spouter94213222spouter
spouters104011162spouters
spouts85115112spou_ts
spruces113810502spruces
sprues84515762spru_es
spues75025382sp_u_es
spumes1021314882sp_umes
stoures74614162stoures
touses64229672_touses
uprouses1037552uprouses

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671553.11034620.9
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691553.49951069.2
 
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