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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 “thorn” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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95 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
thorn8531870(None) 
horn76735611_horn
shorn85722181shorn
thorns95314101thorns
thorny12509841thorny
thoro86217871thoro
thoron94713901thoron
thorp104414261thorp
torn46044251t_orn
acorn75616622acorn
adorn64917092adorn
althorn1047762althorn
attorn6310792attorn
bethorn1238642bethorn
born67338412_born
chon96627792cho_n
chord115917262chord
chore105126762chore
churn105113102churn
corn69945812_corn
dehorn10439652dehorn
hern76134892_hern
hon67759382_ho_n
hora76136562_hora
horns86125332_horns
horny115619622_horny
lorn46435252_lorn
morn66237562_morn
phon95925382pho_n
porn65636022_porn
scorn75817452scorn
sharn84823702sharn
shoon84022012shoon
shoran94016042shoran
shore85432652shore
shorl84720252shorl
short85040532short
shown115216482shown
sorn46641062_sorn
sworn86115312sworn
tarn46842722t_arn
tern46134802t_ern
than76128772th_an
tharm105916642tharm
thegn95810902thegn
thein85919022thein
then78429692th_en
theory121098362theory
there87527392there
therm106018022therm
thin76732392th_in
thir76420542thir_
third95912492third
thirl85416822thirl
tho67433962tho__
thole85620842thole
thong95014182thong
thorax1638252thorax
thoria93012892thoria
thoric114314042thoric
thorned11479402thorned
thorons104511912thorons
thorpe113610092thorpe
thorps113610892thorps
those85218142those
thou76722212tho_u
thous86017262thous
thro77726422th_ro
throb109816852throb
throe89321422throe
throne98517602throne
throng10539972throng
throw118719732throw
thrown1214911442thrown
thru76818942th_ru
thurl84912682thurl
tinhorn1046032tinhorn
ton310265102t_o_n
toon47740632t_oon
tor39261682t_or_
tora47545992t_ora
torc66333352t_orc
tore47359322t_ore
tori47542152t_ori
toro48045682t_oro
torr45630902t_orr
tors46157382t_ors
tort46967462t_ort
tory75840542t_ory
town76928702t_own
turn46330392t_urn
whore116018042whore
whorl114612452whorl
whort114623692whort
worn75631752_worn

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800951.67032215.6
3Display Results95950.0303166.7
 (SQL Overall)178691952.01388768.5
 
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