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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 “ratoons” 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.

47 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
ratoons7381547(None) 
racoons93912431racoons
rations74123431rations
ratoon64417371ratoon_
rattons73815321rattons
rattoons8327511rattoons
baboons113211082baboons
batons85519422bat_ons
bradoons1136762bradoons
cartoons104012802cartoons
cations94524142cations
cratons94316032crat_ons
dahoons1137752dahoons
dragoons1045012dragoons
gaboons10289902gaboons
kations114013662kations
lagoons839252lagoons
maroons92615552maroons
matrons93517632matrons
matzoons19105082matzoons
nations74720562nations
natrons73215662natrons
orations81515802orations
patrons93818102patrons
patroons102710602patroons
platoons1038682platoons
raccoons1265452raccoons
racons84319342ra_cons
racoon83814472racoon_
radons74118532ra_dons
ramsons939562ramsons
ratans63819372rat_ans
ration64226012ration_
ratios64922672ratio_s
ratlins73615582ratlins
ratooned977102ratooned
ratooner887002ratooner
ratooners965832ratooners
ratos55528762rat_o_s
rattans73411952rattans
rattens74213402rattens
ratton64116122ratton_
rattoon7359242rattoon_
rayons94113342ra_yons
retools73411022retools
saloons74415322saloons
toons55027532__toons

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671473.47031029.1
3Display Results47470.0162937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691473.84646461.5
 
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