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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 “betony” 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.

34 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
betony11421158(None) 
beton76022061beton_
betons84919551betons
astony9510522astony
atony87218852_atony
barony115915302barony
baton75822422baton_
batons85519422batons
begone9512132begone
belon73924112belon_
belong93411042belong
belons84119412belons
benny105217362be_nny
betook12439602betook
betray111511442betray
beyond1237072beyond
bony96732082b__ony
botany1139262botany
briony1149042briony
bryony1435832bryony
buttony1236172buttony
ebony104511512_ebony
felony123710322felony
jeton124815402jeton_
jetons134512612jetons
ketone105014532ketone
lemony11419552lemony
metonym1445572metonym
peony105717562pe_ony
seton55223542seton_
setons64620172setons
stony85818642_stony
tetany959842tetany
tony75635152__tony

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 Filter178691825510.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit82551342.53032628.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.87662131.8
 
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