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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 “poltroon” 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.

29 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
poltroon104650(None) 
poltroons1145391poltroons
patroon92811972p_atroon
polaron939842polar_on
pontoon93010702pont_oon
boltrope1243903boltrope
coatroom1276883coatroom
godroon946043go_droon
gombroon1343753gombroon
octoroon1044683_octoroon
outroot7516563_outroot
patron84018043p_atr_on
patroons102710603p_atroons
picaroon1245653picaroon
platoon938953p_latoon
pokeroot1447703pokeroot
polarons1039863polarons
poltroonery1651133poltroonery
polygon1346933pol_ygon
polyzoan2244593polyzoan
ponton83217643pont__on
pontoons10279313pont_oons
poolroom1243783poolroom
portion9615493port_ion
positron1096903positr_on
postriot10412253postriot
pothook1656883po_thook
potion84519573po_t_ion
spontoon1043783spont_oon

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162297.47019566.5
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.91922564.8
 
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