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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forshoes” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 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
shoes8542965(None) 
hoes75755731_hoes
shes75734351sh_es
shies86136551shies
shmoes114612091shmoes
shoe75933431shoe_
shoed95723001shoed
shoer84722151shoer
shoers94518321shoers
shogs95319701shogs
shoos84226351shoos
shops104222891shops
shores94830401shores
shotes95321901shotes
shots84730841shots
shoves124919411shoves
shows115324571shows
sloes54728871sloes

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 Filter178691287560.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit28756181.18624246.2
3Display Results18180.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691181.262141593.5