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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 “plankton” 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.

44 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
plankton144385(None) 
planktons1543671planktons
planation11310122planation
plankter1435362plankter
planktonic1872732planktonic
blacktop1842973blacktop
canton85722993_can_ton
flanken14226763flank_en
palankeen1542503palankeen
panto76129413p_an_to_
pantos85222743p_an_tos
parton84720993p_a_rton
phaeton1235973pha_eton
phantom1436693phan_tom
placation1339773placation
planate9314573planat_e
planations1238723planations
planet84228353planet__
planetoid1245503planetoid
planets93914083planet_s
plank115221143plank___
planked143512283plank_ed
planking153513013planking
planks124116753plank__s
plankters1544583plankters
planosol1043823planosol
plant75437113plan_t__
plantain1047903plantain
plantar9369993plan_tar
plantation1248533plantation
planted103516123plan_ted
planter94017803plan_ter
planting113515383plan_ting
plants84921803plan_t_s
plasmon11257983pla_smon
plastron1046913plastron
platan83913693pla__tan
platen84518203pla__ten
platoon938953pla_toon
pleuston1044193pleuston
pluton838853pl__uton
ponton83217643p_on_ton
wanton94413813_wan_ton
zooplankton2661183zooplankton

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162446.81321453.4
3Display Results44440.0162750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691447.24924650.4
 
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