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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 “photon” 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.

39 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
photon111151483(None) 
phonon114012031phonon
photo104417231photo_
photog12379811photog
photons123814431photons
photos113316641photos
phyton143610251phyton
proton84318891proton
chiton112612392chiton
croton84415452croton
parton84720992parton
peloton938742peloton
phaeton1235972phaeton
phon95925382ph__on
phono104917022phono_
phonons123310252phonons
phonos114114792phonos
phot95534362phot__
photic133316442photic
photoed1338912photoed
photogs13358212photogs
photoing1439072photoing
photonic15312102photonic
phots105418502phot_s
phylon14318032phylon
phytin14459012phytin
phytol14366562phytol
phytons15319062phytons
piston83515922piston
piton76121582p_iton
pluton838852pluton
ponton83217642ponton
poon67341262p_o_on
potion84519572p_otion
protons93118002protons
puton73617912p_uton
rhyton12356112rhyton
shoon84022012sho_on
thoron94713902thoron

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 Limit82551392.42334069.7
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691392.79663909.5
 
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