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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 “boatels” 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.

34 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
boatels9351023(None) 
boatel84314091boatel_
boaters93419241boaters
botels84815801bo_tels
babels105216722b_abels
bagels95712312b_agels
bates75846342b_ate_s
beaters94925042beaters
betels84515062b_etels
bloaters103311022bloaters
boasters103915662boasters
boated94221972boate_d
boater84622092boate_r
boatfuls1344822boatfuls
boats75635152boat__s
boites84322702boite_s
bolters94017802bolters
bootees94114472bootees
borates94823012borate_s
bordels103911972bordels
botel75121862bo_tel_
bottles94216272bottles
bowels114315592bo_wels
brocatels1344192brocatels
coatees93816552coatees
coaters93525792coaters
dottels8327782dottels
floatels11295662floatels
goatees82710442goatees
hostels103712322hostels
hotels94515522ho_tels
motels83616902mo_tels
oaters65029792_oaters
ratels64518212_ratels

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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.36032044.9
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691343.74947663.6
 
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