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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 “dragons” 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.

29 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
dragons93838(None) 
dragon838841dragon_
dragoons1045011dragoons
agons66423782__agons
argons75018202ar_gons
cratons94316032cratons
crayons12439232crayons
dagoes85714602d_agoes
dagos76419442d_ago_s
deacons10310392deacons
decagons1235892decagons
dragees9359482dragees
dragomans1343322dragomans
dragonet10138952dragonet
dragonets11134502dragonets
dragonish1443752dragonish
dragoon935282dragoon
drags75521112drag__s
drains73719402dra_ins
dromons1038192dromons
flagons1137972flagons
jargons1558202jargons
paragons11311502paragons
racons84319342_racons
radons74118532_radons
rayons94113342_rayons
trigons84312092trigons
trogons83410722trogons
wagons103911212_wagons

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671293.78328461.8
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691294.15642995.9
 
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