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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 “bosom” 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.

56 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
bosom9551692(None) 
besom95716971besom
boom87435671bo_om
bosoms104913051bosoms
bosomy13509031bosomy
boson76019731boson
besoms105712732besoms
besot76429712besot
bison75716982bison
bloom95918972bloom
blossom11114962blossom
boho96923322boho_
bohos105618252bohos
bolo65535952bolo_
bolos75531372bolos
bolson8410682bolson
boo58163662bo_o_
boob85932582bo_ob
book106836332bo_ok
booms95427122bo_oms
boomy125421822bo_omy
boon67142172bo_on
boor66130682bo_or
boos67955032bo_os
boost75132472boost
boot67759372bo_ot
boron76727142boron
bos57966812bos__
bosh96328972bos_h
bosk105825732bos_k
bosks115218852bosks
bosky145612392bosky
bosomed1238002bosomed
bosons85016652bosons
boss65938342bos_s
bossdom1244242bossdom
bossy105515972bossy
boston8513042boston
bosun75113592bosun
bottom1048722bottom
boyo96923842boyo_
boyos105418282boyos
bozo156821412bozo_
bozos165216862bozos
broom95022212broom
buxom1647152buxom
doom76430072do_om
embosom1344912embosom
imbosom1343712imbosom
loom67035052lo_om
room66235082ro_om
sodom8814912sodom
som59153812__som
toom66532932to_om
unbosom1144482unbosom
zoom156722102zo_om

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800561.43637465.2
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691561.765101241.4
 
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