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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 “nylon” 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.

31 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
nylon8291051(None) 
nylons9267971nylons
pylon103614001pylon
anyon85615222any_on
azlon144312872azlon
belon73924112belon
clon66232482_clon
colon78630192colon
cyton101511462cyton
felon84619292felon
gyron95314622gyron
halon86124862halon
hyson1138692hyson
melon73922082melon
nelson638422nelson
neon47026422n_eon
ninon55517382ninon
niton55418282niton
nolo46229312nolo_
nolos54423352nolos
noon47134622n_oon
orlon5415002orlon
pelon74423212pelon
phylon14318032phylon
pylons113011242pylons
salon55228552salon
solon55026132solon
talon55824112talon
xylan1537462xylan
xylol1546132xylol
yon67348952_y_on

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 Filter178691538000.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit53800313.60614919.6
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.74847676.4
 
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