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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 “falchions” 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.

35 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
falchions174391(None) 
falchion1644341falchion_
factions133013062fa_ctions
falcons1239122falc__ons
fashions1437242fa_shions
actions94218513_a_ctions
alations82518893_alations
archons12311583_arch_ons
auctions104012143_auctions
faction122613333fa_ction_
factious13239243fa_ctious
falcon11310293falc__on_
fanions103713073fa__nions
fashion1337843fa_shion_
fashious1446123fa_shious
fenthions1544233fenthions
fictions132410743f_ictions
filching1736113filchi_ng
flacons1238053flac__ons
flections14239213flections
flexions1844413f_lexions
fluxions1844423f_luxions
fractions1449103fractions
frictions1448033frictions
functions1437743functions
halations12312393halations
halcyons1644023halc_yons
malathions1543873malathions
pactions122613503pa_ctions
salchows1644203salch_ows
sanctions1138873sanctions
stanchions1543663stanchions
tachyons1644623ta_chyons
tactions102912423ta_ctions
talions7314113tal__ions

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 Filter1786911486410.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit148641356.41023188.9
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691356.84326113.0
 
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