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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 “burtons” 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.

38 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
burtons931085(None) 
burton8311271burton_
buttons9310331buttons
barons85025382bar_ons
baryons121010472baryons
barytons1345572barytons
batons85519422b_atons
betons84919552b_etons
borons85520542bor_ons
bostons9312902bostons
bourbons1245342bourbons
bourdons1136432bourdons
boutons9310782boutons
bunions92210472bunions
burans85019302bur_ans
burbots1168672burbots
burdens1039712burdens
burgeons1146052burgeons
burgoos1037122burgoos
burins84221892bur_ins
burnous938822burnous
burns74926782bur__ns
burros85114992burro_s
burrows12399102burrows
burstone1057132burstone
burstones1187152burstones
burthens1335382burthens
button8310272button_
buttony1236172buttony
cartons94122472cartons
durions839962durions
futons93911512fu_tons
mutons84314362mu_tons
muttons949282muttons
partons94620512partons
putons83515152pu_tons
turions7311572turions
turnons737862turnons

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671383.37331921.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691383.76547461.1
 
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