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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 “hotspots” 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
hotspots134484(None) 
hotshots1455511hotshots
hotspot1247461hotspot_
hotchpots1942902hotchpots
hotfoots1444322hotfoots
hotshot1358342hotshot_
hotspurs1342842hotspurs
potshots1346282potshots
tosspots1044562tosspots
bowpots1446023bo_wpots
bowshots1645103bowshots
despots10319683_despots
eyespots1362973eyespots
fusspots1342613fusspots
gosports1185913go_sports
highspots1852163highspots
hoists95516023hois__ts
homeports16115553homeports
honeypots1743553honeypots
hoopoes121212483ho_opoes
hoopoos1298543ho_opoos
hoosgows1542913hoosgows
hoots84830253ho___ots
hornpouts1443453hornpouts
horsts95817513hors__ts
hosts85526703ho_s__ts
hotchpot1844123hotchpot_
hotdogs1234453hot_dogs
hotfoot1347053hotfoot_
hotrods1148283hot_rods
hotspur1242553hotsp_ur
motmots1166133mot_mots
potshot1249733potshot_
respots92912763_respots
spots74424113___spots
sunspots1045083sunspots
tosspot966883tosspot_

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 Limit146162377.06320694.0
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691377.51223787.4
 
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