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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 “spoon” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

102 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
spoon7471944(None) 
poon67341261_poon
shoon84022011shoon
soon46240501s_oon
spoof105019011spoof
spook115416041spook
spool75219041spool
spoons84116021spoons
spoony114111791spoony
spoor75016351spoor
swoon85014781swoon
aboon74918702aboon
apron7318832apron
aswoon947012aswoon
boon67142172_boon
coon67248942_coon
croon75522782croon
goon57236172_goon
kroon94514482kroon
loon47344792_loon
moon67140812_moon
noon47134622_noon
peon65635242_peon
phon95925382_phon
pion67235292_pion
poo57757112_poo_
pood75934322_pood
poof95541662_poof
pooh96027382_pooh
pool65835952_pool
poons75430972_poons
poop86532812_poop
poor65630222_poor
poos65949112_poos
porn65636022_porn
salon55228552salon
saloon64418022saloon
scion72214992scion
scoop95617162scoop
scoot75729152scoot
scorn75817442scorn
seton55223542seton
shoo75929892shoo_
shook124920162shook
shool84523152shool
shoos84226362shoos
shoot84235912shoot
shorn85722182shorn
shown115216482shown
simoon858062simoon
siphon1138462siphon
sloop76118912sloop
snood64616162snood
snook95115572snook
snool55118642snool
snoop75317172snoop
snoot55030142snoot
solon55026132solon
son37761952s__on
sook84933392s_ook
soot45761062s_oot
sopor74016492sopor
sorn46641062s_orn
sown75127452s_own
span65234662sp_an
spawn107811712spawn
spean74620512spean
spin66231302sp_in
spode84617702spode
spoil75818652spoil
spoke114818662spoke
spoken124610002spoken
sponson935382sponson
spoofs114011812spoofs
spoofy14498552spoofy
spooks124312932spooks
spooky15418092spooky
spools85115912spools
spooned103412442spooned
spooney12418242spooney
spoors84014032spoors
spore75428592spore
sport75935982sport
spot65540692sp_ot
spots74424112spots
spout75029632spout
spun66221462sp_un
spurn74815452spurn
stolon64112072stolon
stood65517712stood
stook95218212stook
stool55619892stool
stoop75821542stoop
swoons94511142swoons
swoony12408262swoony
swoop105213432swoop
sworn86115302sworn
swoun84811492swoun
syphon1436852syphon
toon47740632_toon
upon65817582up_on
zoon137326982_zoon

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit538001021.37639098.8
3Display Results1021020.0303400.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911021.499119206.8
 
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