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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 “parson” 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.

62 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
parson8381790(None) 
arson55118831_arson
pardon94618731pardon
parsons93516871parsons
parton84720991parton
person83517871person
apron7318832apr_on
argon65520592_argon
arsons63917212_arsons
baron78131242bar_on
baryon111211612baryon
carbon104919042carbon
cardon94120852cardon
carton84522662carton
damson938062damson
garcon92912482garcon
garron73113492garron
jargon1448822jargon
lardon74415062lardon
maroon83118202maroon
marron83717542marron
mason74820182ma_son
paeon74819492pa_eon
paesan85114092paesan
paisan84417072paisan
paragon10311022paragon
parasol939552parasol
pardons103817622pardons
pareo74632602pareo_
pareos87023772pareos
pargo86723722pargo_
pargos95719042pargos
parian83223962parian
parlor8312672parlor
parol74826272par_ol
parrot8320662parrot
pars67560792pars__
parse75236992pars_e
parsec105914482parsec
parsed96323892parsed
parser84822372parser
parses85534702parses
parsing103819552parsing
parsonic1239702parsonic
partan83820562partan
partons94620512partons
parvo107719182parvo_
parvos116614752parvos
passion9310882passion
patron84018042patron
patroon92811972patroon
pereon83517452pereon
perron83216622perron
persona92812452persona
persons93717012persons
poison8312222poison
prion75119992p_rion
prison8514022prison
ramson8310462ramson
sarsen6314232sarsen
tarpon82812802tarpon
warison1037082warison

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551622.61031628.7
3Display Results62620.0331878.8
 (SQL Overall)178691622.98659842.9
 
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