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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forsmoothes” 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.

12 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
smoothes1321854(None) 
smooches15217261smooches
smooshes13206861smooshes
smoothed14236471smoothed
smoothen13204961smoothen
smoothens14194251smoothens
smoother13196671smoother
smoothers14206041smoothers
smoothest14215771smoothest
smoothies1456131smoothies
smooths12216321smooth_s
soothes103917111s_oothes

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 Filter178691829450.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82945121.53054212.4
3Display Results12120.016750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691121.88994595.6