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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 “thorns” 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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86 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
thorns9531410(None) 
horns86125331_horns
thorn85318701thorn_
thorny12509841thorny
thorons104511911thorons
thorps113610891thorps
acorns85013012acorns
adorns74212612adorns
althorns1146732althorns
attorns738442attorns
bethorns1337322bethorns
chords125214632chords
chores114828022chores
chorus115014772chorus
churns114910232churns
corns76034762_corns
dehorns11428362dehorns
herns84825582_herns
hons77350782_ho_ns
horas86333102_horas
horn76735612_horn_
horny115619622_horny
morns75527442_morns
phons105221142pho_ns
porns75527342_porns
scorns85713022scorns
sharns95516982sharns
shorans102812412shorans
shores94830412shores
shorls94516202shorls
shorn85722182shorn_
shorts95321742shorts
sorns55028422_sorns
tarns56433952t_arns
terns55226872t_erns
tharms115712242tharms
thegns10547432thegns
theins95015422theins
thens85921832th_ens
theres96525472theres
therms115914872therms
thins85826332th_ins
thirds10438602thirds
thirls95012062thirls
tholes94919782tholes
tholos94213002tholos
thong95014182tho_ng
thongs104611192thongs
thorax1638252thorax
thoria93012892thoria
thorias102312052thorias
thoric114314042thoric
thorned11479402thorned
thoro86217872thor_o
thoron94713902thoron
thorp104414262thor_p
thorpe113610092thorpe
thorpes125010352thorpes
thous86017262tho_us
throbs118311372throbs
throes97518672throes
throne98517602throne
thrones105715842thrones
throng10539972throng
throngs11508162throngs
throws129715232throws
thurls9418712thurls
tinhorns1145012tinhorns
tons46553052t_o_ns
toons55027532t_oons
toras55540372t_oras
torcs75123762t_orcs
tores55352672t_ores
torn46044252t_orn_
toros54336192t_oros
torrs53923562t_orrs
tors46157382t_or_s
torts56138122t_orts
torus54329762t_orus
towns86018882t_owns
tsores65113662tsores
tsoris63411192tsoris
turns55623242t_urns
whores125617102whores
whorls124410162whorls
whorts125111432whorts

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 Filter178691825510.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit82551866.57612553.4
3Display Results86860.0631365.1
 (SQL Overall)178691867.06225303.2
 
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