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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 “saffron” 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.

48 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
saffron134417(None) 
saffrons1444301saffrons
affront1357962_affront
sadiron836042sadiron
safrol937282sa_frol
afford1346493_afford
affray1534973_affray
affronts1444163_affronts
apron7318833_a_pron
baron78131243ba__ron
buffoon1543713buffoon
caffein1535333caffein
caldron1038153caldron
chamfron1844493chamfron
chanfron1644803chanfron
dacron94310693da_cron
fanfaron1493633fanfaron
garron73113493ga_rron
hadron102913753ha_dron
ladron73413323la_dron
macron103615673ma_cron
marron83717543ma_rron
matron83918313ma_tron
natron64116023na_tron
patron84018043pa_tron
sabaton937713sabaton
sabayon1244233sabayon
sacaton938993sacaton
sadirons936023sadirons
safari91110223safar_i
safaris101110663safaris
safer84721813safer__
safrole1037253sa_frole
safrols1036863sa_frols
salmon84614183sa_lmon
salon55228553sa__lon
saloon64418023sa_loon
saran53730303sa__ran
sarin55239253sa__rin
sarod65325873sa__rod
sarong73914873sa__rong
saros55238063sa__ros
savarin10310003savarin
saxhorn1744223saxhorn
seafront1148023seafront
waitron1036333waitron
zaffre21354663zaffr_e
zaffres22324993zaffres

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 Filter1786911340270.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit134027486.94019312.2
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691487.35624291.9
 
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