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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 “drones” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

152 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
drones7502343(None) 
crones84729241crones
drone65324981drone_
droned84616861droned
droner74717671droner
droners84114381droners
droves105116671droves
irones64724011irones
trones65629281trones
agones75719862agones
arenes64928392arenes
atones65225772atones
axones134614512axones
bones76446532_bones
brines85028852brines
bromes104719762bromes
broncs101611152broncs
bronzes183510402bronzes
broses86524402broses
clones84526562clones
cones76457422_cones
cranes84330752cranes
crone75231332crone_
cronies9622502cronies
crores86121162crores
crozes174417662crozes
debones103315112debones
denes65639722d_enes
depones103717092depones
dholes104914792dholes
dienes75719902dienes
dines66449152d_ines
diodes83915782diodes
does56554472d_o_es
doges75630162d_oges
doles67843752d_oles
domes85735562d_omes
donas65926472d_onas
done55747912d_one_
donee66931012d_onee
donees74519492d_onees
dongs76525812d_ongs
dons56048702d_on_s
dopes84935042d_opes
dories75232362dories
doses65938502d_oses
dotes65836692d_otes
doves94728152d_oves
dozes155226302d_ozes
drakes114715862drakes
drapes95419652drapes
drees65628522dr_ees
dries64733672dr_ies
drinks116810712drinks
drives105117112drives
drogues9398392drogues
droids84712582droids
droits74314312droits
drolls75312392drolls
drongo836792drongo
drongos935492drongos
dronish1138912dronish
drools74412812drools
droops95110962droops
drops85719502dro_ps
dross65418092dro_ss
drosses84513822drosses
drouks1137122drouks
drove95518062drove_
droved114611642droved
drover104614592drover
drovers115212642drovers
drownds12346152drownds
drowned12419902drowned
drowner11369802drowner
drowners12428272drowners
drowns105612332drowns
drowse105010552drowse
drowses114610232drowses
drunks11427512drunks
drupes94912652drupes
druses75517252druses
dryness11114782dryness
dunes65332172d_unes
dwines105013102dwines
dynes95917582d_ynes
ernes55224812er_nes
erodes74819882erodes
eroses65327052eroses
froes86126692fro_es
fronds106412342fronds
frons86124042fron_s
frontes104214162frontes
fronts94415792fronts
gropes95220402gropes
groves104318102groves
groynes1137822groynes
hones88144492_hones
icones84616382icones
irone55126362irone_
ironed74916012ironed
ironer64216452ironer
ironers74813552ironers
ironies7517422ironies
irons55324132iron_s
jones125028182_jones
krone94018732krone_
kronen10348912kronen
kroner104612572kroner
ladrones92710972ladrones
leones64417722leones
madrones112912282madrones
nones55639132_nones
ones46146532__ones
orgones81010792orgones
ozones1539392ozones
padrones112711042padrones
peones83821042peones
phones114121212phones
pones74547042_pones
probes104119452probes
proles84627202proles
prone75332622prone_
prongs94314482prongs
proses84733472proses
proves114322252proves
prunes83419062prunes
pyrones123113302pyrones
robes75133302_robes
rodes614039082_rodes
roes45954142_ro_es
roles56747982_roles
ropes75940062_ropes
roses56445772_roses
rotes56143902_rotes
roues56039352_roues
roves84834482_roves
runes55530222_runes
scones84521302scones
sones55444142_sones
stones65130032stones
thrones105715842thrones
tones56048662_tones
trines64132562trines
trokes104019262trokes
tronas63816902tronas
trone55131862trone_
tropes84824352tropes
troves94719112troves
urines64724122urines
wrongs10338932wrongs
zones145528042_zones

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 Filter178691825510.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit825511522.21637252.3
3Display Results1521520.0463304.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911522.65567303.6
 
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