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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 “halftone” 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.

52 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
halftone144515(None) 
halftones1545211halftones
hailstone1244852hailstone
halazone2046092halazone
halftime1643312halftime
acetone9310793_acetone
alone55732963_al__one
atone56527983_a__tone
baritone1058643baritone
barytone1356023barytone
calzone1848623cal_zone
capstone1237653capstone
chalone12312103chal__one
dalton7311273dal_ton_
daltons8310403dal_tons
earstone848603earstone
felstone1146863felstone
gallstone1044823gallstone
goldtone1084593goldtone
hafting144014173ha_fting
hailstones1344983hailstones
halation11313853halation_
halations12312393halations
halazones2145993halazones
halcyon1543923halcyon_
halcyons1644023halcyons
halflife1743213halflife
halfpence1952193halfpence
halfpipe1862443halfpipe
halftimes1742883halftimes
halidome14115313halidome
halite93624233halit__e
halitoses1246603halitoses
halon86124863hal__on_
halons95720713hal__ons
halothane1544363halothane
haltere103614703hal_tere
halting114419073hal_ting
hambone1439313ha_mbone
haptene123810933ha_ptene
headstone1365473headstone
histone10312843h_istone
holystone1555473holystone
lactone9311393la_ctone
maltose939783mal_tose
marlstone1144593marlstone
naloxone1543003naloxone
oilstone847273oilstone
palatine10316063palatine
saltine75018563sal_tine
sulfone1037483sulf_one
whalebone1753343whalebone

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162526.36022981.4
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691526.79626293.6
 
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