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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 “melodeon” 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.

32 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
melodeon114344(None) 
melodeons1243351melodeons
celadon1036913celad_on
elodea738673_elode_a
elodeas836963_elodeas
loden66621143__lode_n
malodor1044563malod_or
melded104714713mel_de_d
melder93915813mel_de_r
melders103213913mel_ders
mellotron1143393mellotron
melodia1038883melod_ia
melodias1148703melodias
melodic1238543melod_ic
melodica1344983melodica
melodies11310123melodies
melodious1245233melodious
melodise1147593melodise
melodist1149743melodist
melodize2046663melodize
melody1237203melod__y
melon73922083mel___on
meltdown1442763meltdown
melton8311553mel__ton
mesoderm1344493mesoderm
mesotron1045383mesotron
metopon11137073meto_pon
mezereon1942233mezereon
milden94113153mil_de_n
modern939523m__odern
odeon6411483___odeon
peloton938743pelo_ton

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 Filter1786911461620.426419462.4
2DLD Change Limit146162327.49619498.7
3Display Results32320.0162000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691327.93822510.8
 
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