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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 “citron” 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.

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
citron8311298(None) 
cistron9299881cistron
citrin82615411citrin
citrons92913221citrons
bicron103710772bicron
biotron937292biotron
carton84522662carton
cation83925502cation
chiton112612392chit_on
cion613330922ci__on
cistrons102710642cistrons
cithren12306592cithren
citral81113892citral
citric102812312citric
citrine92514022citrine
citrins92614362citrins
citrous93112992citrous
citrus83610922citrus
coition9314312coition
cotton8312992cotton
cyton101511462cyt_on
diatron839282diatron
diuron738572diuron
giron66118992gi_ron
intron64215022intron
iron46728462_i_ron
matron83918312matron
micron103714282micron
mikron12318502mikron
natron64116022natron
niton55418282nit_on
nitro54914352nitro_
nitros64214122nitros
patron84018042patron
piton76121582pit_on
waitron1036332waitron

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551362.62331472.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.99959583.5
 
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