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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 “gadzooks” 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
gadzooks2311293(None) 
gadroons1037012gadroons
gazoos163010222ga_zoo_s
madzoons20124772madzoons
bazooka2242623ba_zooka
bazookas2341903ba_zookas
bazooms20285383ba_zooms
bazoos173212623ba_zoo_s
daybooks1843983daybooks
gaboons10289893ga_boons
gadoids1036873gad_oids
gadroon938173gadroo_n
gadzookery285553gadzookery
galloons9289693galloons
galloots9268963galloots
galoots82410793ga_loots
gasworks1645943gasworks
gazoo153112873ga_zoo__
godhoods1444173godhoods
godroons1045363godroons
gooks105422883g___ooks
haddocks1984903haddocks
handbooks1944393handbooks
kazoos19259113ka_zoo_s
ladhoods1345873ladhoods
lawbooks1743743lawbooks
madzoon1996063madzoo_n
matzoons19105083matzoons
paddocks1894323paddocks
padlocks1755473padlocks
padouks1434873pad_ouks
wazoos18288553wa_zoo_s
zooks184716943___zooks

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 Filter1786911461620.1531167915.0
2DLD Change Limit146162336.64322002.4
3Display Results33330.0132538.5
 (SQL Overall)178691336.80926243.4
 
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