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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forbobwhites” 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.

20 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
bobwhites194219(None) 
bobwhite1842421bobwhite_
gobshites1542932gobshites
nonwhites1545392nonwhites
bobbies103714563bob_bi_es
boehmites1663023boehmites
boites84322703bo___ites
bolshies1338693bolshi_es
boracites1347953boracites
bornites10310983bo_rnites
bothies12414783bo_thi_es
bowlines133211623bo_wlines
cowhides1736013co_whides
cowrites133011593co_writes
gobshite1443273gobshite_
goethites1344253goethites
gothites1246013go_thites
nonwhite1445703nonwhite_
ophites12310103_o_phites
whites123919883___whites

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641206.39023261.5
3Display Results20200.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691206.81326227.9