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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 “drool” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

70 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
drool6541610(None) 
droll65415401droll
drools74412811drools
drooly104911071drooly
droop85814821droop
argol65317262argol
broil74918222broil
broo65129822broo_
brood84620242brood
brook114717762brook
broom95022212broom
broos75126412broos
cool66940492_cool
crook115217572crook
croon75522782croon
dewool1047402dewool
dhooly13457142dhooly
diobol936882diobol
diol57329132d_iol
dol47150652d__ol
doll56632492d_oll
dooly94821802d_ooly
doom76430072d_oom
door56928512d_oor
drail65020972drail
drawl95516012drawl
drill64718262drill
droid74218542droid
droit65127122droit
drolls75312392drolls
drolly105411672drolly
dromon939362dromon
drone65324982drone
drooled9369202drooled
droops95110962droops
droopy12458242droopy
drop75324402dr_op
drops85719502drops
dropt86924432dropt
dross65418092dross
drouk1039432drouk
drove95518062drove
drown95515822drown
fool75330592_fool
groom85317982groom
growl96115822growl
kroon94514482kroon
mool67533862_mool
pool65835952_pool
proof105221532proof
prowl105615122prowl
roil46235292_roil
roll46331652_roll
rood56733002_rood
roof75738832_roof
rook85532032_rook
room66235082_room
root45655922_root
rotl45029682_rotl
shool84523152shool
snool55118642snool
spool75219042spool
stool55619892stool
tool46735682_tool
triol55521362triol
troll54416532troll
troop76417532troop
trooz145016152trooz
vroom105312472vroom
wool76427372_wool

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800701.61033416.1
3Display Results70700.0135384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691701.91993116.7
 
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