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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 “opera” 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.

67 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
opera731357(None) 
operas8312451operas
aper66336232aper_
apers76629132apers
apery106517902apery
coper95336092coper_
copers104629842copers
coppra12306832coppra
copra98115462cop_ra
doper86128392doper_
dopers95522482dopers
era35741502__era
hoper105829142hoper_
hopers114222972hopers
loper75129232loper_
lopers84424142lopers
moper94925922moper_
mopers104220372mopers
mopery135210972mopery
ocrea73311822ocrea
odea56224572ode_a
okra86413572o_kra
olea46532722ole_a
omega836382omega
omer67028392omer_
omers76923192omers
onery8414122onery
ope56845242ope__
oped76230152ope_d
open66427002ope_n
opens76118552opens
operand1038002operand
operant9317222operant
operate9615732operate
operon8811772operon
opes65942612ope_s
ora37250832o__ra
orra46120722o_rra
osetra667422osetra
over77227342over_
overs85224792overs
overt85630722overt
oyer75927652oyer_
oyers87620882oyers
para65242172_para
pea56657242_pe_a
pear69745232_pear
per56353092_per_
pere66450262_pere
perea75026442_perea
peri65636972_peri
perk106232842_perk
perm85834632_perm
perp89029892_perp
pert66759322_pert
perv97224812_perv
popery134511702popery
roper75431912roper_
ropers84325902ropers
ropery114313872ropery
sera46141392_sera
spear75821062spear
sperm93216022sperm
toper75231022toper_
topers85025322topers
vera76828842_vera
womera11137592womera

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800671.64032804.9
3Display Results67670.0302233.3
 (SQL Overall)178691671.98390111.4
 
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