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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 “soursops” 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.

38 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
soursops104321(None) 
soursop943031soursop_
bourbons1245343bourbons
bourdons1136433bourdons
bourses94014303bours_es
boursins1037513boursins
coursers104412303coursers
courses94218893cours_es
cursors93910023_cursors
doorstops1243033doorstops
fourgons1234833fourgons
foursome1344673foursome
foursomes1444343foursomes
journos14134943journo_s
kouros1039183kour_o_s
koussos11373903kousso_s
orlops847303_o_rlops
scroops11288253s_croops
slurps84410003slur__ps
sordors8310013so_rdors
sorgos74514663so_rgo_s
soroses73117483so_roses
sorosis72611973so_rosis
sorrows10278403so_rrows
soukous1136413sou_kous
soupcons1244373soupcons
soups75322943sou___ps
sources9312173sour_ces
sourness839543sourness
sourpuss1042313sourpuss
sours55230503sour___s
sourwood1244403sourwood
sourwoods1344023sourwoods
souses64229243sou_s_es
spurious1036963spurious
strops86220383s_tr_ops
sysops1136013s__ysops
torsos64815733to_rso_s

Search took 9 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 Limit146162387.56319325.9
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.99922339.2
 
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