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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 “exposals” 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.

37 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
exposals174404(None) 
exposal1645311exposal_
deposals1145432deposals
espousals1152362espousals
exposable2044792exposable
exposers1736132exposers
exposes1639962expos_es
exposits1747242exposits
reposals1037402reposals
caporals1238923caporals
deposal1037153deposal_
despisals1243503despisals
disposals1245893disposals
eposes84418783e_pos_es
espials937093esp_ials
espousal1083013espousal_
expats1537683exp__ats
expels1547173exp__els
exports1647983expo_rts
expos1449203expo___s
expose1549523expos__e
exposed1737443expos_ed
exposer1637413expos_er
exposing1836673exposing
exposit1649683expos_it
exposure1743673exposure
exposures1843483exposures
expounds1843233expounds
extolls1444603exto_lls
extols1337683exto__ls
hexosans1844113hex_osans
postals93716373__postals
proposals1346663proposals
reposal939113reposal_
spousals1064353_spousals
supposals1343883supposals
temporals1345293temporals

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162376.81321453.4
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691377.26524596.1
 
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