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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 “blesbok” 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.

37 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
blesbok154312(None) 
blesboks1643041blesboks
blaubok1542242blaubok
blesbuck1842172blesbuck
lesbo739252_lesbo_
lesbos837402_lesbos
bebop11410793b_e_bop
belabor1136293belabor
bellboy1445123bellboy
besmoke15416623b_esmoke
besnow1145713b_esnow
besom95716973b_es_om
besot76429713b_es_ot
bespoke15468113b_espoke
bestow1149463b_estow
betook12439603b_etook
blauboks1642293blauboks
bleak115915383ble__ak
bleb85425223ble_b__
blebby1233743ble_bby
blebs96416153ble_b_s
blesbucks1952243blesbucks
bless75917813bles__s
blessed10319493blessed
blesser9329293blesser
blesses93812393blesses
blest76431723bles__t
blossom11114963blossom
bluebook1643393bluebook
boshbok1844063boshbok
busboy13307443b_usboy
gemsbok1642063gemsbok
lesion64715063_lesion
lesson64412043_lesson
lessor64010603_lessor
plessor9317693plessor
rhebok1534613rhe_bok

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027375.76323256.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691376.18528891.0
 
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