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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 “limacon” 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.

53 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
limacon114414(None) 
limacons1243951limacons
limacine1246002limacine
liman75921602lima__n
macon94519952__macon
amazon1736833_amazon
bacon95620593__bacon
beacon10511373_beacon
deacon9510423_deacon
flacon1138633_flacon
gigaton946343gigaton
himation1339753himation
icon66922043_i__con
imago8118693_imago_
imagos9117553_imagos
lampion11278303lampion
lampoon11267193lampoon
leman75622603lema__n
lemon75618183lem__on
lexicon1643903lexicon
liaison744473liaison
libation102411363libation
ligan67920283liga__n
ligation92313093ligation
lilac7311073lilac__
lilacs837483lilac_s
lima65734133lima___
limans84816303lima_ns
limas75627633lima__s
limbo95614813lim_bo_
limbos104712143lim_bos
limen75426033lim__en
limn66527693lim___n
limo65529733lim__o_
limos75320813lim__os
limpkin1534223limpkin
linac7315413linac__
linacs8310813linac_s
linalol745093linalol
lingcod1143683lingcod
linuron746513linuron
lion46334443li___on
lyricon1243713lyricon
macons104017243__macons
macron103615673__macron
mascon103612743__mascon
mason74820183__mason
niacin8310223ni_acin
racon75422143__racon
silicon9117533silicon
simoon858063sim_oon
vidicon1343783vidicon
zircon1754953zi_rcon

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027536.86019537.5
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691537.28224538.7
 
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