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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 “tabours” 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.

35 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
tabours9411009(None) 
labours9349891labours
tabors84517111tabo_rs
tabour84011321tabour_
tambours1255871tambours
amours83512662_amours
arbours93910042arbours
favours13437092favours
harbours1346922harbours
labors84016412labo_rs
labour84210932labour_
sapours93610622sapours
savours10389342savours
tabers84621572tab_ers
taboos83815432tabo_os
tabor75518392tabo_r_
taborers10268332taborers
tabouli945842tabouli
taboulis1045042taboulis
taboured1156272taboured
tabourer1035742tabourer
tabourers1144672tabourers
tabouret1049172tabouret
tabourets1144162tabourets
tabuns8489222tab_uns
tabus74820922tab_u_s
tambour1136352tambour_
tamboura1253892tamboura
tambouras1343492tambouras
tamburs11288612tamburs
tenours72610072tenours
tours55325892t__ours
tumours976752tumours
valours10248742valours
vapours12277462vapours

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 Filter1786911076710.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit107671353.39031761.4
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691353.54650392.3
 
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