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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 “proton” 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.

57 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
proton8431889(None) 
croton84415451croton
photon1111514831photon
protons93118001protons
craton84517192craton
croon75522782cro_on
crotons93714372crotons
crouton947132crouton
dromon939362dromon
fronton1037202fronton
kroon94514482kro_on
parton84720992parton
peloton938742peloton
phonon114012032phonon
photo104417232photo_
photog12379812photog
photons123814432photons
photos113316642photos
phyton143610252phyton
piston83515922piston
piton76121582p_iton
pluton838852pluton
ponton83217642ponton
poon67341262p_o_on
portion9615492portion
potion84519572p_otion
pretor8315752pretor
prion75119992pr_ion
prison8514022prison
proctor11310432proctor
progun968782progun
prolan8414692prolan
prolog94212972prolog
prolong10319632prolong
promo95620002promo_
promos105116422promos
pronoun939032pronoun
pronto8313992pronto_
proof105221532pro_of
propone112716302propone
proso77222412proso_
prosos85718552prosos
protea82214762protea
protean92412192protean
protei82615312protei
protein92414732protein
protend104012792protend
protonic12314592protonic
protyl11308212protyl
proven114314772proven
prutot8311822prutot
puton73617912p_uton
roto45935052_roto_
rotor55519732_rotor
rotos56027882_rotos
triton63914892triton
trogon73611752trogon

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.51632810.4
3Display Results57570.0134384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691572.87262218.3
 
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