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

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
workboats184383(None) 
workboat1745461workboat_
cockboats1945312cockboats
workbags1843012workb_ags
workbooks1743412workbooks
workboxes2543882workboxes
workloads1742742workloads
workouts1544962work_outs
airboats1047283air_boats
bareboats1345833bareboats
cockboat1857393cockboat_
corkboard1844773corkboard
corkboards1944123corkboards
fireboats1446413fireboats
foldboats1543713foldboats
johnboats2152003johnboats
longboats1243923longboats
rowboats1384843ro_wboats
surfboats1443563surfboats
towboats1395333to_wboats
wombats1435893wo_mb_ats
wordbooks1943663wordbooks
workbag1742923workb_a_g
workbook1643743workbo_ok
workbox2343313workbo__x
workdays1942903work_days
workfolks1851933workfolks
workhours1943193workhours
workload1643023workloa_d
workmate1744673work_mate
workmates1845003work_mates
workout1448393work_out_
workrooms1843493workrooms
worldbeats1651243worldbeats
wormroots1442723wormroots

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641356.98621277.0
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691357.41924085.6
 
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