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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 “deacons” 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.

30 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
deacons1031039(None) 
beacons11410731beacons
deacon9510421deacon_
bacons104917582_bacons
beacon10511372beacon_
dacrons103211032d_acrons
daemons10269232daemons
deaconed1237492deaconed
deaconess1245542deaconess
deaconry1443322deaconry
deadens93410692deadens
deafens11317252deafens
deans66131392dea__ns
decagons1235892decagons
decors94017772de_cors
decos85522122de_co_s
decoys123911282de_coys
demons94917722de_mons
devons104512252de_vons
dragons938382dragons
flacons1238052flacons
macons104017242_macons
neocons936912neocons
racons84319342_racons
reasons72514942reasons
recons84922992re_cons
seasons72614232seasons
weakons14287802weakons
weapons12278602weapons
weasons102310582weasons

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671303.40631612.2
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.81246875.9
 
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