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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 “reason” 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.

42 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
reason6261633(None) 
reasons72514941reasons
season62714901season
treason748761treason
weason93210821weason
beacon10511372beacon
deacon9510422deacon
erasion7311962erasion
kelson1038152kelson
lesson64412042lesson
mason74820182_mason
meson74118312me_son
nelson638422nelson
peasen84815962peasen
person83517872person
racon75422142r_acon
radon64620502r_adon
ramson8310462ramson
rayon83815702r_ayon
readorn8310482readorn
reagin74915532reagin
reasoned9410732reasoned
reasoner849342reasoner
reavow1235722reavow
reckon123010542reckon
recon75624242re_con
redon65424882re_don
region74614902region
resawn9399952resawn
reseason844932reseason
resin54131052re_sin
resod64720052re_sod
resow88217242re_sow
resown94112922re_sown
rewon86920582re_won
seasons72614232seasons
telson6310292telson
treasons848682treasons
unreason8104482unreason
weakon13357622weakon
weapon11288112weapon
weasons102310582weasons

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.36034979.2
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.71965719.4
 
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