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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 “bespoken” 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
bespoken1650501(None) 
bespoke15468111bespoke_
respoken14506921respoken
besmoke15416622besmoke_
besmoked17405412besmoked
besmokes16406362besmokes
bespake15436962bespake_
betoken13386502be_token
respoke134311282respoke_
spoken124610002__spoken
unspoken1454242unspoken
bedarken1544513bedarken
bescreen1244313bescreen
besmoking18114613besmoking
besnowed14124413besnowed
bespouse1245113bespouse
bespoused1443773bespoused
bespouses1345153bespouses
besprent1248033besp_rent
bestowed14156623bestowed
bestower13126213bestower
betaken13438283be_taken
betokens14324573be_tokens
broken124011523b__roken
forespoken19113773forespoken
misspoken1743263misspoken
outspoken1544373outspoken
reawoken15454843reawoken
restoke116113903restoke_
restoked135710533restoked
restokes125213043restokes
rewoken145112293re_woken
spoke114818663__spoke_
spoked134413893__spoked
spokes124417213__spokes
unspoke1336573unspoke_

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 Filter1786911461620.640279204.7
2DLD Change Limit146162367.39019778.3
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691368.04622208.7
 
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