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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 “armours” 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.

33 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
armours938985(None) 
amours83512661a_mours
arbours93910041arbours
ardours8368881ardours
armors85017811armo_rs
armour84411851armour_
armoury12376231armoury
amour75014852a_mour_
arbors84717882arbo_rs
arbour84211332arbour_
ardors74416872ardo_rs
ardour74110902ardour_
armers85520272arm_ers
armfuls1275012armfuls
armoire938132armoire
armoires1057622armoires
armor75118052armo_r_
armorers10288972armorers
armory114211472armo_ry
armoured1165222armoured
armourer1054882armourer
armourers1154062armourers
armouries1146242armouries
armure8710132arm_ure
armures9510272arm_ures
awmous1157712awmou_s
harbours1346922harbours
humours1286432humours
paramours1345652paramours
parlours1036152parlours
ramous8417112ramou_s
rumours976372rumours
tumours976752tumours

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 Filter1786911076710.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit107671333.20333615.7
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.34253468.3
 
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