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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 “skeleton” 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.

31 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
skeleton124446(None) 
skeletons1343931skeletons
skeletal1244042skeletal
skeletonic1653022skeletonic
deletion92011973_deletion
demeton1037683_demeton
elevon977953__elevon
exoskeleton2261053exoskeleton
keelson1153993_keelson
kelson1038153_kel_son
kiloton1196313_kiloton
melton8311553_mel_ton
peloton938743_peloton
selection11311273s_election
selector1048613s_elector
seton55223543s___eton
sexton133610793s_e_xton
simpleton13163033simpleton
singleton1042673singleton
skeen94817403ske_e__n
skeet95429183ske_et__
skeeter113410413ske_eter
skeets104513253ske_et_s
skeletonise1552233skeletonise
skeletonize2452483skeletonize
skelter113610003skel_ter
skelters12349373skelters
soliton7410233s_oliton
spelean937123spele_an
sweeten10267313swe_eten
telethon1145993_telethon

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162317.00020880.3
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691317.42024082.3
 
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