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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 “macaronis” 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.

30 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
macaronis134656(None) 
macaroni1246521macaroni_
macaronic1545241macaronic
macaronics1643681macaronics
macaronies1446171macaronies
macaroons1345562macaroons
macrons113514892mac_ron_s
maharanis1454912maharanis
acarines10314343_acarines
acaroid103512313_acaro_id
acronic112814693_ac_ronic
amarones10311353_amarones
dacrons103211033dac_ron_s
macacos1338083macaco__s
macaroon1246343macaro_on
macons104017243mac__on_s
macron103615673mac_ron__
macros104017013mac_ro__s
madronas11288493ma_dronas
madrones112912283ma_drones
madronos11337543ma_dronos
maharani1344623maharani_
malaromas1345253malaromas
marrons93216973ma_rron_s
mascarpones1751703mascarpones
matrons93517633ma_tron_s
microns113814783mic_ron_s
mucrones1237603muc_rones
sacatons1038973sacaton_s
zacatons1945703zacaton_s

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641307.29620372.9
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.74823062.9
 
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