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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 “felons” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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83 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
felons9361576(None) 
belons84119411belons
felon84619291felon_
felony123710321felony
melons84117711melons
aeons57624652ae_ons
azlons154110422azlons
belon73924112belon_
belong93411042belong
belongs10408222belongs
belows114614182belows
betons84919552betons
celoms10412122celoms
clons75228132_clons
colons86028682colons
demons94917722demons
devons104512252devons
ebons74316092_ebons
elans55527752_elans
eloins65419382_eloins
eons46638712_e_ons
exons125813342_exons
falcons1239122falcons
fanons96115212fanons
feigns10407752feigns
felids103111622felids
feline94820142feline
felines104718072felines
fellas95116962fellas
felloes104114382felloes
fellows134212432fellows
fells85327382fel_ls
felonies11310992felonies
felonry13294842felonry
felts85324542fel_ts
fens76139762fe__ns
feods99516852fe_ods
ferns85220082fe_rns
fetors91014472fetors
filos86125382filo_s
flans85327972f_lans
flocs105519232f_locs
floes85528142f_loes
flogs95919962f_logs
flong95815682f_long
flongs105010492f_longs
flops105920142f_lops
floss85118262f_loss
flows115822362f_lows
fons76943892f__ons
frons86124042f_rons
futons93911512futons
halons95720712halons
helos84928062helo_s
helots95217702helots
herons94820542herons
jetons134512612jetons
kelsons1137322kelsons
lemons84415052lemons
melon73922082melon_
meltons9410922meltons
merlons93311272merlons
mesons83215842mesons
nelsons738002nelsons
neons55818682ne_ons
nylons9267972nylons
orlons6411012orlons
pelon74423212pelon_
peons75327182pe_ons
pleons84213342pleons
pylons113011242pylons
recons84922992recons
redons75222182redons
reloans7313132reloans
salons63823692salons
setons64620172setons
solons65120022solons
talons64019432talons
teflons1036542teflons
telos55424522telo_s
telsons739212telsons
tenons62916602tenons
xenons132710482xenons

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551832.62631436.0
3Display Results83830.0136384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691832.74965002.2
 
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