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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 “melton” 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.

41 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
melton831155(None) 
melon73922081mel_on
meltons9410921meltons
belon73924112bel_on
beton76022062be_ton
dalton7311272dalton
felon84619292fel_on
jeton124815402je_ton
jetton1338032jetton
kelson1038152kelson
lepton82510802lepton
maltol8310842maltol
megaton10269852megaton
mellow114112222mellow
melons84117712mel_ons
melt65752892melt__
meltdown1442762meltdown
melted94219062melted
melter83520112melter
melting103317752melting
melts74930102melt_s
melty104918362melt_y
mention9314372mention
mentor8414362mentor
merlon83012352merlon
meson74118312me_son
metol75917812me_tol
molten83311812molten
molto75619602molto_
mouton8410852mouton
muton73817002m_uton
mutton8510452mutton
nekton1036582nekton
nelson638422nelson
newton936982newton
pelon74423212pel_on
peloton938742peloton
seton55223542se_ton
sexton133610792sexton
telson6310292telson
teston6313302teston

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551412.50033020.4
3Display Results41410.0133153.8
 (SQL Overall)178691412.87362196.7
 
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