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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 “spontoon” 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.

28 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
spontoon104378(None) 
pontoon93010701_pontoon
spontoons1153401spontoons
ponton83217642_pont_on
pontoons10279312_pontoons
spittoon1042512spittoon
sponsion1045622sponsion
sponson935382spon_son
fronton1037203front_on
monsoon938493_monsoon
platoon938953_platoon
poltroon1046503_poltroon
pontons93315553_pontons
portion9615493_portion
potion84519573_po_tion
santoor737433s_antoor
sonhood1168313s_onhood
spinto8410663spint_o_
spintos939133spint_os
spittoons1142383spittoons
spongin1036373spon_gin
sponsions1145223sponsions
sponsons1045813sponsons
sponsor934973spon_sor
sponsors1045753sponsors
spoon74719443sp___oon
sporozoon20112583sporozoon
wonton93410963_wont_on

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 Filter1786911461620.1601116818.8
2DLD Change Limit146162287.57619292.8
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.75223051.0
 
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