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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 “newborn” 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.

55 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
newborn124428(None) 
newborns1343401newborns
lowborn1245142lowborn
newmown1542282newmown
newton936982newto_n
reborn810016962re_born
reworn98122202rew_orn
bethorn1238643bethorn
beworm1339993bew_orm
born67338413___born
dehorn10439653de_horn
deworm1249533dew_orm
ebon66821103_e_bo_n
freeborn1344803freeborn
hagborn1344953hagborn
inborn8319143_inborn
leghorn1146223leghorn
nekton1036583nekto_n
nelson638423nelso_n
neocon836713neoco_n
neon47026423ne__o_n
nephron1246653nephron
nestor63713423nestor_
nestors73614973nestors
network1446803network
neuron6310373neuro_n
neutron737763neutron
newbie11135413newb_ie
newbies12147423newbies
newer85717463new_er_
newfound1542223newfound
newsboy1542493newsbo_y
newsboys1642313newsboys
newsman1245503newsman
newsmen1235893newsmen
newtons1036813newtons
overborn13128703overborn
preworn124711223prew_orn
readorn8310483readorn
rebore86625653re_bore
retorn610923433re_torn
rewon86920583rew_o_n
reword106321413rew_ord
rewore938030163rew_ore
rework136619793rew_ork
seaborne1055433seaborne
suborn8310013_suborn
sworn86115313_sw_orn
unborn83310813_unborn
unsworn1046843unsw_orn
unworn93411333unw_orn
webwork1944843webwork
webworm1744313webworm
wellborn1343403wellborn
worn75631753__w_orn

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911340270.546327272.9
2DLD Change Limit134027559.04614816.2
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691559.60818598.1
 
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