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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 “polyphone” 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.

42 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
polyphone194661(None) 
polyphones2046961polyphones
polyphony2244571polyphony
polyphase1945092polyphase
polyphonic2245782polyphonic
polyphonies2155362polyphonies
polypore1547452polyp_ore
polythene1765042polythene
allophone1446313allophone
cellphone1644183cellphone
colophon1545573colophon_
colophons1646993colophons
colophony1944613colophony
holystone1555473holystone
homophone1947843homophone
polyamine1647213polyamine
polychete1955163polychete
polychrome2264083polychrome
polyene1259363poly__ene
polygene1456693poly_gene
polygon1346933poly_gon_
polygons1447723poly_gons
polygony1744983poly_gony
polyphagy2352913polyphagy
polyphenol2052673polyphenol
polyphonous2153243polyphonous
polypide1647013polyp_ide
polyploid1746143polyploid
polypnea1544253polyp__nea
polypod1546983polyp_o_d
polypods1647113polyp_ods
polypody1944963polyp_ody
polypoid1648393polyp_oid
polypores1648003polyp_ores
polypous1547983polyp_ous
polysome1547653poly_some
polytene1367603poly_tene
polythenes1865463polythenes
postpone1248693postp_one
sulphone1345983sul_phone
telephone1445643telephone
xylophone2444403xylophone

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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641426.75022020.9
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691427.17224915.1
 
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