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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 “oozf” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

44 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
ooze136420601ooze
oozy167018131oozy
boff124727332boff
booze164718912booze
boozy194917062boozy
bozo156821412bozo
coff126930782coff
coif96337912coif
coof96643272coof
corf95941482corf
coz149345362coz_
cozy185823802cozy
doff116225782doff
doozy186813712doozy
doze145829082doze
dozy175920322dozy
fozy197017162fozy
golf85731182golf
goof85436872goof
hoof106036582hoof
howf136127202howf
loaf76734902loaf
loof78141052loof
mozo157719742mozo
oaf65952882_oaf
of58247772_o_f
off96331632_off
ooh67637092oo_h
oohs75220692oohs
oops65232672oops
oot311274692oo_t
oots46446442oots
oozed154214262oozed
oozes145418712oozes
orzo134516782orzo
ouzo133516932ouzo
poof95541662poof
pouf95732642pouf
rolf75134872rolf
roof75738832roof
toff105929902toff
wolf105729562wolf
woof106532422woof
woozy204410602woozy

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit29872440.84335435.3
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691441.142156472.0
 
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