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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 “snookering” 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.

36 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
snookering154359(None) 
snickering1744862snickering
snooking133010582snook__ing
snorkeling1542972snorkeling
brokering1636283_brokering
cockering1839693_cockering
coopering142611323_coopering
hoovering1635753_hoovering
nickering1636573_nickering
scowdering1743983scowdering
showering1646403s_howering
slobbering15103883slobbering
smoldering1474103smoldering
smothering1646013smothering
sneering93414503sn__eering
sniggering1343763sniggering
snooding102910433snoo__ding
snooker113910303snooker___
snookered1443263snooker_ed
snookers12398653snooker__s
snooling93013473snoo__ling
snooping113811323snoo__ping
snooting92813203snoo__ting
snoozing18319083snoo__zing
snoozling19314343snoo_zling
snoring83917203sn_o__ring
sobering111912783s__obering
socketing1666383s_ocketing
soldering1169033s_oldering
spookeries1654293spookeries
spooking15269803spook__ing
spooring113111463spoo__ring
stooking132711143stook__ing
stoppering1544613stoppering
suckering1638103s_uckering
uncovering1645293uncovering

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603367.00020086.1
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.43624030.5
 
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