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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 “johnson” 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.

33 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
johnson174233(None) 
johnsons1842381johnsons
johns15398712johns__
bolson8410683bo_lson
bonbon10310073bo_nbon
boson76019733bo__son
chanson1238043chanson
cohesion1347283cohesion
consol82614113co_nsol
dobson936593do_bson
donjon1436463do_njon
fohns117310783fohns__
foison948933fo_ison
godson857383go_dson
gonion73612833go_nion
hyson1138693__hyson
john145512903joh___n
johnboat2053373johnboat
johnnie1772283johnnie
johnny1932193john_ny
joins125818413joins__
jomon14610083jo__mon
monsoon938493mo_nsoon
onion54320973_o_nion
orison6411663_orison
phonon114012033phon_on
pocoson1156753pocoson
poison8312223po_ison
ponton83217643po_nton
ronion63315643ro_nion
ronyon9309133ro_nyon
sponson935383sponson
wonton93410963wo_nton

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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027336.23321502.8
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691336.63926915.3
 
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