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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 “otoscopes” 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.

34 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
otoscopes134651(None) 
otoscope1246431otoscope_
otoscopies1455121otoscopies
bioscopes1546552bioscopes
fetoscopes1745392fetoscopes
hodoscopes1855782hodoscopes
horoscopes1747642horoscopes
myoscopes1845042myoscopes
otoscopy1544072otoscop_y
aeroscopes1448013aeroscopes
apocopes1445993apo_copes
baroscopes1646753baroscopes
bioscope1446483bioscope_
bioscopies1645383bioscopies
borescopes1645173borescopes
cryoscopes1995253cryoscopes
cystoscopes2053923cystoscopes
endoscopes1545813endoscopes
episcopes1545803episcopes
fetoscope1655263fetoscope_
fetoscopies1853703fetoscopies
gyroscopes1845073gyroscopes
hodoscope1755343hodoscope_
horoscope1647273horoscope_
horoscopies1856113horoscopies
iconoscopes1753733iconoscopes
myoscope1744993myoscope_
oospores1049533o_ospores
outscores11178463outscores
roscoes9310923_rosco_es
scopes104719593___scopes
statoscopes1554823statoscopes
towropes1344953_towropes
uroscopies1455383uroscopies

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641346.20323962.8
3Display Results34340.0132615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691346.62226984.4
 
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