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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 “ebony” 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.

45 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
ebony10451151(None) 
bony96732081_bony
ebon66821101ebon_
ebons74316091ebons
agony96415652agony
atony87218852atony
benny105217362benny
betony114211582betony
body107425682_body
bogy106426192_bogy
bond75334362_bond
bone65949322_bone
boney105227312_boney
bong75633412_bong
bonk105531712_bonk
bonny105816622_bonny
boxy166420732_boxy
boy87753562_bo_y
cony96537832_cony
crony105918672crony
debone93714782debone
ebook114510802ebook
embody1435032embody
emboly1336722emboly
eon36052082e_on_
eons46638712e_ons
eponym1345792eponym
epoxy17465772epoxy
exon117116802exon_
exons125813342exons
exonym1844582exonym
felony123710322felony
gobony1236912gobony
goony95519782goony
irony85015902irony
lemony11419552lemony
loony86918962loony
mony96830012_mony
moony104818272moony
peony105717562peony
phony136715442phony
pony96434052_pony
rebody1238152rebody
stony85818642stony
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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800451.69031834.3
3Display Results45450.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691452.00089345.5
 
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