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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 “taboo” 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.

60 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
taboo7341809(None) 
baboo94319501baboo
taboos83815431taboos
tabor75518391tabor
abo59045962_ab_o
aboon74918702_aboon
abos67734412_abos
babool103012152babool
baboon103613912baboon
baboos103517012baboos
bamboo12310012bamboo
bazoo163815672bazoo
boo58163662__boo
cabob114616812cabob
gaboon93211772gaboon
gazoo153112872gazoo
haboob1377882haboob
jabot14321512jabot
kabob134113932kabob
karoo92519592karoo
kazoo183311532kazoo
labor75117312labor
nabob93913742nabob
sabot7931782sabot
tab57460322tab__
tabby125213892tabby
taber73825822taber
tabes76033922tabes
tabid84418262tabid
tabla73318362tabla
table75429602table
tabooed10267382tabooed
tabors84517112tabors
tabour84011322tabour
tabs66842982tab_s
tabu66328492tab_u
tabun75914372tabun
tabus74820922tabus
taco67031352ta_co
tacos77023552tacos
talon55824112talon
tango66921192tango
tanto55724952tanto
tao38358952ta__o
taos45541002ta_os
tardo65321102tardo
taro46846912ta_ro
taroc75721642taroc
tarok97921072tarok
taros55640822taros
tarot55943932tarot
tattoo6310972tattoo
tauon54816582tauon
taxol124011362taxol
taxon124414662taxon
teabox1536012teabox
too38965422t__oo
wahoo112413082wahoo
wazoo173011172wazoo
yahoo112911542yahoo

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit53800601.70331591.3
3Display Results60600.0134615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691602.06286659.1
 
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