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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 “phony” 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.

85 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
phony13671544(None) 
peony105717561peony
phon95925381phon_
phone105621931phone
phoney143612981phoney
phono104917021phono
phons105221141phons
pony96434051p_ony
agony96415652agony
ahoy101919182aho_y
atony87218852atony
bony96732082_bony
choky175711222choky
chon96627792chon_
ciphony1744972ciphony
cony96537832_cony
crony105918672crony
ebony104511512ebony
euphony1545402euphony
goony95519782goony
holy106333432_holy
homy126623222_homy
hon67759382_hon_
hone77549322_hone
honey115629912_honey
hong85833952_hong
honk116931192_honk
honky156218522_honky
hons77350782_hons
horny115619622_horny
hoy97447912_ho_y
irony85015902irony
loony86918962loony
mony96830012_mony
moony104818272moony
penny105119452penny
peon65635242peon_
peons75327182peons
phenyl1435322phenyl
phonal11310382phonal
phoned124014552phoned
phones114121212phones
phoneys15437142phoneys
phonic133315212phonic
phonily1537102phonily
phonon114012032phonon
phonos114114792phonos
phooey14379232phooey
phot95534362pho_t
photo104417232photo
phots105418502phots
pinny105222062pinny
piny911838352p_iny
pion67235292pion_
pions75826392pions
plonk114613982plonk
ploy96123602plo_y
pogy105623552p_ogy
poky135922152p_oky
poly96235152p_oly
pond75530492p_ond
pone65747532p_one
pong76231142p_ong
pons65850602p_ons
poofy136213272poofy
poon67341262poon_
poons75430972poons
porny106020192porny
posy96028422p_osy
poxy166820892p_oxy
prone75332622prone
prong85218112prong
prosy106319252prosy
proxy175011012proxy
punny104217712punny
puny95526992p_uny
shiny115122142shiny
shone83725982shone
showy145714012showy
spoony114111792spoony
stony85818642stony
thong95014182thong
thorny12509842thorny
tony75635152_tony
whiny144915572whiny

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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800851.65632487.9
3Display Results85850.0165312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691851.748102226.0
 
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