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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 “horoscopes” 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.

32 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
horoscopes174763(None) 
hodoscopes1855771hodoscopes
horoscope1647271horoscope_
horoscopies1856101horoscopies
aeroscopes1448012aeroscopes
baroscopes1646752baroscopes
borescopes1645172borescopes
gyroscopes1845072gyroscopes
hodoscope1755342hodoscope_
horoscopy1954382horoscop_y
otoscopes1346512_otoscopes
aeroscope1347683aeroscope_
baroscope1546573baroscope_
bioscopes1546553_bioscopes
borescope1545403borescope_
cryoscopes1995253cryoscopes
endoscopes1545813endoscopes
fetoscopes1745393fetoscopes
fluoroscopes19244403fluoroscopes
gyroscope1755013gyroscope_
hagioscopes1953893hagioscopes
hornstones13106073hornstones
horologes1348313horo_loges
iconoscopes1753733iconoscopes
microscopes19119093microscopes
myoscopes1845043_myoscopes
otoscope1246433_otoscope_
otoscopies1455123_otoscopies
periscopes1646353periscopes
roscoes9310923__rosco_es
thermoscopes2164943thermoscopes
uroscopies1455383_uroscopies

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 Filter1786911406030.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit140603326.26622439.0
3Display Results32320.0132461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691326.68526730.1
 
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