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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 “john” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

101 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
john14551290(None) 
fohn106116551fohn
johns15398711johns
join116724831join
boho96923322boho
boon67142172boon
born67338412born
chon96627792chon
coho97524492coho
coin66645352coin
con510268022co_n
conn66229132conn
coon67248942coon
corn69945812corn
don46757652do_n
down86427492down
eon36052082eo_n
foehn11236322foehn
foh98135892foh_
fohns117310782fohns
foin77231562foin
fon66352272fo_n
goon57236172goon
gown85724072gown
hon67759382ho_n
horn76735612horn
ion36051032io_n
jean116629282jean
jehu145614862jehu
jeon116821442jeon
jin106443942j_in
jinn115420252jinn
jo99539602jo__
job128041772jo_b
jobs136529432jobs
jock176522642jock
joe106642352jo_e
joes116635892joes
joey145719332joey
jog117438312jo_g
jogs127129332jogs
johnny1932192johnny
joins125818412joins
joint125227722joint
joke155926162joke
joky186215312joky
jole117233822jole
jolt116639122jolt
jomon14610082jomon
josh145117612josh
joss115925592joss
jot108259022jo_t
jota116423622jota
jots116336142jots
jouk156015992jouk
jow137639302jo_w
jowl146120302jowl
jows146632092jows
joy137036362jo_y
joys146624662joys
jun105932062j_un
koan85425042koan
kohl113911722kohl
loan47436452loan
loin46838722loin
loon47344792loon
lorn46435252lorn
lown76929292lown
moan65832022moan
mon57561582mo_n
moon67140812moon
morn66237562morn
mown95424442mown
noh66640642noh_
noon47134622noon
noun45724182noun
oh57447002_oh_
ohm86523012_ohm
oho66534382_oho
ohs66232312_ohs
on28057182_o_n
ooh67637092ooh_
oohs75220692oohs
own66429702_own
phon95925382phon
poh86740532poh_
poon67341262poon
porn65636022porn
roan47234202roan
son37761952so_n
soon46240502soon
sorn46641062sorn
sown75127452sown
ton310265102to_n
toon47740632toon
torn46044252torn
town76928702town
won66252062wo_n
worn75631752worn
yon67348952yo_n
zoon137326982zoon

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721010.89033564.0
3Display Results1011010.0166312.5
 (SQL Overall)1786911011.186150666.9
 
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