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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 “sextons” 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.

30 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
sextons14371041(None) 
setons64620171se_tons
sextans14349271sextans
sexton133610791sexton_
sextos134012161sexto_s
betons84919552be_tons
exons125813342_ex_ons
extols1337682_extols
jetons134512612je_tons
jettons1437272jettons
leptons91910432leptons
meltons9410922meltons
nektons1136392nektons
newtons1036812newtons
seasons72614232seasons
sections102714702sections
sectors93116452sectors
seitans73312302seitans
sermons9311782sermons
seton55223542se_ton_
setous64917372se_tous
sexpots1636292sexpots
sextains15246812sextains
sextan13389642sextan_
sextant142911962sextant
sextants15287382sextants
sextets1497142sextets
sexto124415452sexto__
sexts125118382sext__s
testons7313562testons

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 Filter1786911076710.736242786.7
2DLD Change Limit107671306.96615456.6
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.71823152.5
 
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