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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 “prisons” 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.

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
prisons931323(None) 
grisons838991grisons
orisons7310561orisons
poisons9310351poisons
prions84317781pri_ons
prison8514021prison_
arsons63917212ar_sons
bisons83914372_bisons
crimsons1245632crimsons
foisons1047612foisons
frissons1145042frissons
grison7310102grison_
imprisons1344912imprisons
orison6411662orison_
paisans93614752paisans
parsons93516872parsons
perigons11310082perigons
persons93717022persons
pinons86019942p_inons
pions75826392p_i_ons
pisos76021062p_iso_s
pistons93016372p_istons
pitons85319042p_itons
poison8312222poison_
presong1039852presong
primos104514422primo_s
prion75119992pri_on_
priors83914482pri_ors
prises84133172pris_es
prising103321452prising
prisms104915502pris_ms
prisoned1138812prisoned
prisoner1048572prisoner
prisoners1147382prisoners
priss74623892pris__s
prisses94816712prisses
prosos85718562proso_s
protons93118002protons
ptisans9317362ptisans
trigons84312092trigons
tritons73814892tritons
unisons748422unisons
warisons1136902warisons

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 Filter1786911076710.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit107671433.37331921.4
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.74947663.6
 
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