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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 “workboat” 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
workboat174546(None) 
workboats1843831workboats
cockboat1857392cockboat
workbag1742922workb_ag
workbook1643742workbook
workbox2343312workbo_x
workload1643022workload
workout1448392work_out
airboat9512133air_boat
bareboat1249943bareboat
cockboats1945313cockboats
corkboard1844773corkboard
fireboat1349093fireboat
foldboat1445243foldboat
johnboat2053373johnboat
longboat1146093longboat
rowboat1267983ro_wboat
surfboat1345333surfboat
towboat1258303to_wboat
wombat1339863wo_mb_at
wordbook1844063wordbook
workaday1942273workaday
workbags1843013workbags
workbooks1743413workbooks
workboxes2543883workboxes
workday1843303work_day
workfolk1742343workfolk
workhour1843613workhour
workloads1742743workloads
workman1635613work_man
workmate1744673work_mate
workouts1544963work_outs
workroom1744303workroom
workwoman2143103workwoman
worldbeat1552083worldbeat
wormroot1345113wormroot

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162367.22020244.0
3Display Results36360.0132769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691367.66923300.4
 
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