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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 “borscht” 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.

49 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
borscht144599(None) 
borsch1336131borsch_
borschts1542851borschts
borsht11813501bors_ht
borsches1536002borsches
borshts1266542bors_hts
birch124914023bir_ch_
boast75935703boas__t
bobcat12411253bo_bcat
bobeche1643843bobeche
boche124216953bo__che
bolshy1444883bols_hy
boost75132473boos__t
boraces113716853boraces
boracic1338723boracic
boracite1249193boracite
boric98024223boric__
borstal939043borstal
bort65960963bor___t
bosh96328973bo_s_h_
bosket124919223bo_sket
botch126717453bo_tch_
botchy16537823bo_tchy
bought125115633bo_ught
bowshot1578253bowshot
brach126123303b_rach_
brachet144020313b_rachet
brachs134415753b_rachs
bract96332723b_rac_t
bright124215923b_right
broach133611113broach_
broche133612103b_roche
bronchi14176313bronchi
broncho14206463broncho
brooch13368443brooch_
brought13308683brought
burst75332243burs__t
corset85636223cors_et
corslet9318063corslet
horst85833513hors__t
kirsch1532713kirsch_
orach105219233_orach_
orache114013593_orache
porch125918623por_ch_
soroche1237183soroche
torch107420933tor_ch_
torchy14549533tor_chy
worset96726583wors_et
worst86330133wors__t

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.410435831.7
2DLD Change Limit134027496.96619240.2
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691497.39224173.6
 
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