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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 “acorn” 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.

73 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
acorn7561662(None) 
acorns85013011acorns
adorn64917091adorn
corn69945811_corn
scorn75817451scorn
aboon74918702aboon
abort76133582abort
acari75020282acari
accord1178842accord
acerb9312762acerb
acock132110212acock
acold86214932acold
acorned10238282acorned
acre67330772ac_re
actin74922552actin
actor71116082actor_
actors81016772actors
adore65723672adore
adorns74212612adorns
adown95611662adown
aeon45634612aeo_n
afore85818602afore
agon56531882ago_n
agora6914332agora
airn46433832a_irn
aloin55227422aloin
amort75832202amort
ancon75718232anco_n
anon46134852ano_n
aport75432172aport
apron7318832apron
attorn6310792attorn
axon115524302axo_n
azon135725052azo_n
bacon95620592baco_n
bicorn103610102bicorn
born67338412_born
cairn75717512cairn
carn66245432_carn
coin66645352_coin
con510268022_co_n
conn66229132_conn
coon67248942_coon
cor59960942_cor_
cord76740922_cord
core67263112_core
corf95941482_corf
cork106635692_cork
corm85735382_corm
corns76034762_corns
cornu75921322_cornu
corny106023272_corny
cors66656442_cors
cory96941512_cory
curn66731892_curn
dacron94310692dacron
horn76735612_horn
icon66922042ico_n
lorn46435252_lorn
macon94519952maco_n
macron103615672macron
morn66237562_morn
porn65636022_porn
racon75422142raco_n
racoon83814472racoon
score75526742score
scorns85713022scorns
shorn85722182shorn
sorn46641062_sorn
sworn86115312sworn
thorn85318702thorn
torn46044252_torn
worn75631752_worn

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 Limit53800731.46636698.5
3Display Results73730.0164562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691731.778100501.1
 
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