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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 “teaspoon” 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.

36 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
teaspoon104442(None) 
teaspoons1143861teaspoons
testoon748372te_stoon
aswoon947013__aswoon
bassoon937613_bassoon
cesspool1242583cesspool
crampoon1444543crampoon
festoon1037673fe_stoon
harpoon1238313_harpoon
lampoon11267193_lampoon
reason62616333reas__on
respool937643re_spool
season62714903seas__on
sesspool1042873sesspool
spoon74719443___spoon
tampion11298663t_ampion
tampon102911233t_amp_on
tarpon82812803t_arp_on
teakwood1643973teakwood
teapot8416763tea_p_ot
teapots939053tea_pots
teapoy1138113tea_p_oy
teapoys1235963tea_poys
teardown1243763teardown
tearoom939063tea_room
teashop1246083teas_hop
teashops1345733teashops
teaspoonful16141273teaspoonful
telson6310293tels__on
tension7311803tens_ion
teston6313303te_s_ton
testoons837323te_stoons
transposon1254473transposon
treason748763treas__on
weapon11288113wea_p_on
weason93210823weas__on

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162367.23320207.7
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691367.67223291.3
 
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