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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 “loadstone” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

43 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
loadstone104449(None) 
loadstones1144231loadstones
toadstone1044581toadstone
bloodstone1353402bloodstone
bondstone1275522bondstone
gladstone1144622gladstone
goldstone1194662goldstone
headstone1365472headstone
lodestone1045322lodestone
soapstone1144142soapstone
toadstones1144342toadstones
bloodstones1453093bloodstones
bondstones1375543bondstones
capstone1237653_capstone
claystone1444683claystone
copestone1397453copestone
earstone848603_earstone
flagstone1344283flagstone
flowstone1543613flo_wstone
footstone1245273footstone
gladstones1244653gladstones
goldstones1294403goldstones
goldtone1084593gold_tone
headstones1465363headstones
holystone1555473holystone
hornstone1266073hornstone
lactone9311393l_a_ctone
ladrone83611873l_ad_rone
limestone1144813limestone
loadstar943373loadst_ar
loadstars1043313loadstars
lodestones1145423lodestones
moonstone1146143moonstone
mudstone1145553_mudstone
oilstone847273_oilstone
potstone1039423po_tstone
sandstone1045643sandstone
soapstones1243893soapstones
toadstool1052313toadstool
tombstone1343813tombstone
topstone1046883to_pstone
woodstove1652723woodstove
woodtone1245153wood_tone

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641437.61019532.3
3Display Results43430.0331303.0
 (SQL Overall)178691437.79922912.0
 
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