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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 “symphony” 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.

36 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
symphony214450(None) 
symphonic2146072symphonic
syphon1436852sy_phon_
syphons1537502sy_phons
apophony1874203apophony
ciphony1744973_ciphony
compony1613011913comp_ony
diaphony1744123diaphony
euphony1545403_euphony
homophony2244773homophony
lymphoid1945083lymphoid
lymphoma2053663lymphoma
nympho1643583nympho__
nymphos1744083nympho_s
phony136715443___phony
simony1137903sim__ony
siphon1138463s_iphon_
siphons1239353s_iphons
spoony114111793s__poony
sulphone1345983sulphone
sylphy1744153sylph__y
symbion1464043symbion_
symbions1563933symbions
symbiont1574333symbiont
sympathy2143613sympathy
sympatry1843123sympatry
symphonies2046143symphonies
symphonist20135923symphonist
symptom1644003sympto_m
symptoms1743763symptoms
synchrony2053573synchrony
syntony1344523sy_ntony
syphoned1745733sy_phoned
tympany17254603tymp_any
typhon1436673ty_phon_
typhons1537083ty_phons

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162366.36022981.4
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691366.79626293.6
 
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