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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 “johnsons” 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.

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
johnsons184238(None) 
johnson1742331johnson_
bolsons969483bo_lsons
bonbons1139333bo_nbons
bosons85016653bo__sons
chansons1337473chansons
cohesions1447093cohesions
consols92914073co_nsols
dobsons1036203do_bsons
donjons1536733do_njons
foisons1047613fo_isons
godsons966663go_dsons
hysons1237633__hysons
johnboat2053373johnboat
johnboats2152003johnboats
johnnies1872993johnnies
johnny1932193john__ny
johns15398713joh___ns
monsoons1047343mo_nsoons
onions64016433_o_nions
orisons7310563_orisons
phonons123310253phon_ons
pocosons1266103pocosons
poisons9310353po_isons
pontons93315553po_ntons
ronions73313343ro_nions
ronyons10258433ro_nyons
sponsons1045813sponsons
wontons103310533wo_ntons

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 Filter1786911461620.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit146162296.44022696.0
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691296.90925863.5
 
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