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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 “meltons” 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.

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
meltons941092(None) 
melons84117711mel_ons
melton8311551melton_
belons84119412bel_ons
betons84919552be_tons
daltons8310402daltons
felons93615762fel_ons
jetons134512612je_tons
jettons1437272jettons
kelsons1137322kelsons
leptons91910432leptons
maltols939402maltols
megatons11279702megatons
mellows123812232mellows
melon73922082mel_on_
meltdowns1542272meltdowns
melters93918312melters
melting103317752melting
melts74930102melt__s
mentions10312892mentions
mentors9314992mentors
merlons93311272merlons
mesons83215842me_sons
metols84115772me_tols
moutons9410312moutons
mutons84314362m_utons
muttons949282muttons
nektons1136392nektons
nelsons738002nelsons
newtons1036812newtons
pelotons1038912pelotons
setons64620172se_tons
sextons143710412sextons
telsons739222telsons
testons7313562testons

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671353.19033752.7
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.58049913.7
 
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