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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 “nelson” 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.

27 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
nelson63842(None) 
kelson1038151kelson
nelsons738001nelsons
telson6310291telson
belon73924112bel_on
bolson8410682bolson
felon84619292fel_on
keelson1153992keelson
kelsons1137322kelsons
lesson64412042lesson
melon73922082mel_on
melton8311552melton
meson74118312me_son
nekton1036582nekton
neocon836712neocon
neon47026422ne__on
neuron6310372neuron
neuston736082neuston
newton936982newton
nylon82910512nyl_on
pelon74423212pel_on
person83517872person
reason62616332reason
season62714902season
selsyn983842selsyn
telsons739222telsons
weason93210822weason

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551272.56032246.5
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691272.93660862.1
 
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