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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 “irony” 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.

65 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
irony8501590(None) 
crony105918671crony
iron46728461iron_
irone55126361irone
irons55324131irons
agony96415652agony
atony87218852atony
barony115915302barony
bony96732082_bony
briny104719662briny
briony1149042briony
bronc91714342bronc
bronzy20306712bronzy
brosy106115382brosy
browny144510042browny
bryony1435832bryony
cony96537832_cony
corny106023272corny
crone75231332crone
drone65324982drone
ebony104511512ebony
frond95316342frond
frons86124042frons
front85029222front
giron66118992giron_
girons75014372girons
goony95519782goony
grody103412062grody
horny115619622horny
icon66922042icon_
icons76516492icons
ikon85814962ikon_
ikons96311012ikons
incony1139082incony
ion36051032i_on_
ions46737852i_ons
iring66025422iring
iroko939662iroko
ironed74916012ironed
ironer64216452ironer
irones64724012irones
ironic8313772ironic
ivory1137372ivory
krona93611792krona
krone94018732krone
loony86918962loony
mony96830012_mony
moony104818272moony
peony105717562peony
phony136715442phony
pony96434052_pony
porny106020192porny
prone75332622prone
prong85218112prong
prosy106319252prosy
proxy175011012proxy
ropy96323412_ropy
rosy76024872_rosy
simony1137902simony
stony85818642stony
tony75635152_tony
trona54118952trona
trone55131862trone
troy77429682tro_y
wrong94712322wrong

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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800652.26623742.3
3Display Results65650.0164062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691652.59268939.4
 
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