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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 “bespoused” 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.

49 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
bespoused144377(None) 
bespouse1245111bespouse_
bespouses1345151bespouses
espoused1134861_espoused
bescoured1444332bescoured
beshouted1544072beshouted
espouse936402_espouse_
espouser1044382_espouser
espouses1037302_espouses
spoused10349652__spoused
beclouded1543513beclouded
befouled1434683be_fouled
bemused1236713be__mused
berouged1235343be_rouged
beshrouded1751833beshrouded
besmoked17405413besmo_ked
besnowed14124413besno_wed
besoothed1543663besoothed
besotted1135843bes_otted
bespoke15468113bespo_ke_
bespoken16505013bespo_ken
bespousing1553413bespousing
bestowed14156623besto_wed
bloused104310643b__loused
boused95322883b___oused
deloused1036983de_loused
deposed113412033de_po_sed
despised1236933desp_ised
despoiled1344653despoiled
desponded1445323desponded
disposed12310943dispo_sed
espousal1083013_espousal
espousers1143383_espousers
exposed1737453_expo_sed
mispoised1446803mispoised
rearoused1047103rearoused
rehoused1239623re_housed
reposed103616283re_po_sed
repoured1139563re_poured
responded1336513responded
response1037753response_
responses1147453responses
respooled1245593respooled
respotted1235953respotted
resprouted1344223resprouted
soused74822983__s_oused
spouse84112513__spouse_
spouses92912813__spouses
spouted103412263__spouted

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641496.79621871.8
3Display Results49490.0301633.3
 (SQL Overall)178691497.24924650.4
 
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