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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 “butanols” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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

42 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
butanols104471(None) 
butanol945431butanol_
butanes9312742butan_es
butanone1044962butanone
butanones1144712butanones
octanols1044552octanols
stanols739732_stanols
beanos85516513b_eano_s
bimanous1245693bimanous
botanies10312853botanies
bubals103513843buba__ls
bugaboos1343403bugaboos
burans85019303buran__s
burnous938823bu_rnous
butane8313653butan__e
butenes9313033buten_es
buteos84913413but_eo_s
buttals938503but_tals
buttons9310333but_tons
butyls1176753but__yls
butyrals1344503butyrals
butyrous1345443butyrous
butyryls1641873butyryls
cutaneous1144983cutaneous
ethanols1144333ethanols
eugenols944623eugenols
gitanos837173gitano_s
guanos73811993gu_ano_s
methanols1444873methanols
mutants938583mutan_ts
mutinous1047653mutinous
nitinols844413nitinols
octanol944743octanol_
outfools1136533outfools
pentanols1146113pentanols
quinols16297243qu_inols
retinols8419743retinols
stanol6310723_stanol_
taxols13328633__taxols
titanous846553titanous
uranous7310733_uranous
uranyls1034453_uranyls

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162427.07620656.0
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.51523777.9
 
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