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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 “halftones” 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.

49 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
halftones154521(None) 
halftone1445151halftone_
hailstones1344982hailstones
halazones2145992halazones
halftimes1742882halftimes
halitoses1246602halitoses
acetones10310033_acetones
atones65225773_a__tones
baritones1158943baritones
barytones1455563barytones
calzones1948763cal_zones
capstones1347373capstones
chalones13312173chal__ones
daltons8310403dal_ton_s
earstones948523earstones
felstones1246963felstones
gallstones1144823gallstones
haftoros1444173ha_ftoros
hailstone1244853hailstone_
halations12312393halation_s
halazone2046093halazone_
halcyons1644023halcyon_s
halflives1842783halflives
halfness1435563half__ness
halfpipes1942493halfpipes
halftime1643313halftime_
halidomes15104863halidomes
halites103221193halit__es
halitosis1245203halitosis
halituses1245573halituses
halloes104021523hal_lo_es
haloes94623863hal__o_es
halons95720713hal__on_s
halothanes1644813halothanes
halteres113414593hal_teres
hambones1539673ha_mbones
haptenes133810823ha_ptenes
headstones1465363headstones
histones11312803h_istones
holystones1655243holystones
lactones10311223la_ctones
maltoses1039853mal_toses
marlstones1244513marlstones
naloxones1642653naloxones
oilstones946613oilstones
palatines11313033palatines
saltines82917793sal_tines
sulfones1147683sulf_ones
whalebones1853323whalebones

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641497.18620684.8
3Display Results49490.0331484.8
 (SQL Overall)178691497.64223382.8
 
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