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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 “teaspoons” 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
teaspoons114386(None) 
teaspoon1044421teaspoon_
testoons837322te_stoons
bassoons1036553_bassoons
cesspools1342103cesspools
crampoons1544063crampoons
festoons1136443fe_stoons
harpoons1337483_harpoons
lampoons12266873_lampoons
reasons72514943reas__ons
respools1036253re_spools
seasons72614233seas__ons
sesspools1142393sesspools
spoons84116023___spoons
tampions12358123t_ampions
tampons112711563t_amp_ons
tarpons92612213t_arp_ons
teakwoods1743793teakwoods
teapots939053tea_p_ots
teapoys1235963tea_p_oys
teardowns1343043teardowns
tearooms1047843tea_rooms
teashops1345733teas_hops
teaspoonful16141273teaspoonful
teaspoonfuls17131103teaspoonfuls
teaspoonsful177933teaspoonsful
telsons739223tels__ons
tensions8310223tens_ions
testons7313563te_s_tons
testoon748373te_stoon_
transposons1354583transposons
treasons848683treas__ons
weapons12278603wea_p_ons
weasons102310583weas__ons

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641347.31320325.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691347.76523012.4
 
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