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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 “bloc” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

128 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
bloc8502327(None) 
blob86027091blob
block134917841block
blocs95219651blocs
blog75723821blog
blot65842321blot
blow95827191blow
floc95922121floc
alec66430062alec
aloe45540192aloe
alow75328592alow
belon73924112belon
below104617192below
bio57846082bio_
biog76122322biog
bios66335322bios
blab86629132blab
black134719072black
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blam86131702blam
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
bleb85425222bleb
bled75729312bled
blet66247672blet
blew94722432blew
blin67228172blin
blip88322772blip
bloat75229922bloat
blobs95620032blobs
blocks144513942blocks
blocky17388352blocky
blogs85319232blogs
bloke114316632bloke
blond85618372blond
blood85319522blood
bloom95918972bloom
bloop96116152bloop
blotch13197142blotch
blots75626172blots
blown105716672blown
blows105423832blows
blowy134315322blowy
blub85324872blub
blue65328462blue
blur66020532blur
bo410957572b_o_
boa56954032b_oa
bob76755672b_ob
bock126032512b_ock
bod67055542b_od
bog67852412b_og
bola66035562bola
bold75432812bold
bole66448692bole
boll65634752boll
bolo65535952bolo
bolos75531372bolos
bolt66254172bolt
boo58163662b_oo
boob85932582boob
book106836332book
boom87435672boom
boon67142172boon
boor66130682boor
boos67955032boos
boot67759372boot
bop77549482b_op
bos57966812b_os
bot59680402b_ot
bow87051902b_ow
box1210142342b_ox
boy87753562b_oy
bro56236602bro_
brock136017072brock
bronc91714342bronc
broo65129822broo
bros65635662bros
brow97228442brow
buoy95921782buoy
clock134917982clock
clod76124612clod
clog76123242clog
clon66232482clon
clop86929892clop
clot66542422clot
cloy96623832cloy
croc85723732croc
doc66841512_doc
flic96223732flic
flock144717422flock
flocs105519232flocs
floe76129772floe
flog85523892flog
flop96925452flop
flow105924922flow
glob76623392glob
glom75424382glom
glop76724632glop
glow85222522glow
lac510155822_lac
lo28053442_lo_
lob57154462_lob
loca65527682_loca
loch95527132_loch
loci66126282_loci
lock106134362_lock
loco67030742_loco
log46252682_log
loo38359822_loo
lop58255312_lop
lot38179262_lot
low66051872_low
lox108240962_lox
moc77845082_moc
plod76723272plod
plop86625742plop
plot66141232plot
plow95923232plow
ploy96123602ploy
roc520243252_roc
slob66029422slob
sloe45534952sloe
slog56728272slog
slop66533872slop
slot46049832slot
slow77729492slow

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit298721280.79637527.6
3Display Results1281280.0333878.8
 (SQL Overall)1786911281.125158836.4
 
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