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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

65 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
lemons8441505(None) 
demons94917721demons
lemans85316391lemans
lemon75618181lemon_
lemony11419551lemony
aeons57624652ae_ons
belons84119412belons
bemoans1138252bemoans
betons84919552betons
daemons10269232daemons
demobs11429482demobs
demon86520312demon_
demos86022992demo_s
devons104512252devons
ebons74316092_ebons
elevons1067572elevons
eons46638712_e_ons
exons125813342_exons
felons93615762felons
gemots93712152gemots
hemins113417572hemins
herons94820542herons
jetons134512612jetons
leans55536252le_ans
learns65513742learns
lebens8310092lebens
legions84611782legions
legong836962legong
legongs934542legongs
leman75622602leman_
lemmas10349162lemmas
lemonish1347322lemonish
lemurs837252lemurs
lenos56024862leno_s
lens46146492le__ns
leone55018822le_one
leones64417722le_ones
leptons91910432leptons
lesions73813872lesions
lessons73811022lessons
leukons1135752leukons
levins94514652levins
limans84816302limans
limens84618032limens
limns75718392lim_ns
limos75320812limo_s
lions55923212l_ions
logons79818172logons
loons55731722l_oons
lumens85013972lumens
melons84117712melons
memos95719112memo_s
mesons83215842mesons
mons68152262__mons
neons55818682ne_ons
peons75327182pe_ons
pleons84213342ple_ons
recons84922992recons
redons75222182redons
remans84823002remans
semens84616972semens
sermons9311782sermons
setons64620172setons
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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551652.31335690.0
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691652.68966452.6
 
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