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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 “crayons” 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.

27 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
crayons1243923(None) 
cratons94316031cratons
crayon114110001crayon_
rayons94113341_rayons
baryons121010472baryons
canons85522062c_anons
canyons124511592canyons
capons104119502c_apons
carbons115418942carbons
cardons104519942cardons
carryons1337102carryons
cartons94122472cartons
claxons1635802claxons
crampons1436642crampons
craton84517192craton_
cravens124010122cravens
crayoned1435002crayoned
crayoner1344862crayoner
crayoners1444502crayoners
crayonist1446252crayonist
crepons1139322crepons
croons85418422cr_oons
crotons93714372crotons
dragons938382dragons
racons84319342_racons
radons74118532_radons
rayon83815702_rayon_

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit107671273.53330475.8
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691273.95245215.3
 
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