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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 “butanone” 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.

30 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
butanone104496(None) 
butanones1144711butanones
butane8313652buta__ne
butanol945432butano_l
butanols1044712butanols
betaine9413783beta_ine
botanise1039643botanise
botanize1948753botanize
bubaline1247163bubaline
bullnose1044553bullnose
burstone1057133burstone
butadiene1242153butadiene
butanes9312743butan_es
butene8312623but__ene
buteonine1145073buteonine
button8310273but_ton_
buttoned1137503but_toned
buttoner1036973but_toner
buttons9310333but_tons
buttony1236173but_tony
butylene1344403butylene
furanose1144753furanose
guanine8810543gu_anine
outdone8311643out_done
outgone8311463out_gone
outshone1149343outshone
outsnore8187683outsnore
quinone16217463qu_inone
rotenone847093rotenone
stanine73417073_stanine

Search took 9 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 Limit146162307.84318636.0
3Display Results30300.0132307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691308.27921583.6
 
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