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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 “onlooker” 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.

42 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
onlooker124347(None) 
onlookers1343101onlookers
looker104816952__looker
snooker113910302sn_ooker
blocker15419923_blocker
bloomer11419813_bloomer
blooper11358533_blooper
booker124719193__booker
clocker153910873_clocker
convoker17226903con_voker
cooker124722453__cooker
crooker134111093_crooker
flooder11258463_flooder
floorer10248073_floorer
hooker134820173__hooker
invoker1435363in_voker
knocker12296393kn_ocker
locker124019423__locker
looked114717073__looked
lookers114014073__lookers
looper83817113__looper
looser65219943__looser
looter64222323__looter
nonsmoker1544303nonsmoker
nonworker1644823nonworker
nooser65517823_n_ooser
onloaded1044743onloaded
onlooking1444453onlooking
relooked13236653relooked
snooked123711493sn_ooked
snookers12398653sn_ookers
snooper93511533sn_ooper
snoozer16409193sn_oozer
stooker113811733_stooker
uncooked15269113uncooked
unhooked16286743unhooked
unloader936643unloader
unlocked15268383unlocked
unloose797863unloose_
unloosed9117523unloosed
unloosen8125263unloosen
unlooses8127293unlooses

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162427.43619656.0
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.87522690.9
 
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