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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 “ecosphere” 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.

33 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
ecosphere1610480(None) 
ecospheres1795131ecospheres
exosphere2194161exosphere
biosphere1664782biosphere
ensphere1366082e_nsphere
exospheres2294422exospheres
mesosphere1753822mesosphere
noosphere1444772noosphere
oosphere1355992_oosphere
atmosphere1752893atmosphere
biospheres1765143biospheres
cohere112716993_co__here
coinhere1337133_coinhere
compere134616623_comp_ere
cosher114819903_cos_her_
coshered14610293_cos_hered
coshers123618183_cos_hers
ensphered1565283e_nsphered
enspheres1486083e_nspheres
exospheric2453543exospheric
exospore1745233exosp_ore
heliosphere1952933heliosphere
hemisphere2053523hemisphere
insphere1355973_insphere
ionosphere1553973ionosphere
mesospheres1853693mesospheres
microsphere2055103microsphere
noospheres1545143noospheres
oospheres1456633_oospheres
phosphene1996243phosphene
phosphore1967893phosphore
sphere113313663___sphere
unsphere1355853_unsphere

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641336.54622707.1
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.98525582.1
 
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