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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 “tampon” 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.

45 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
tampon10291123(None) 
tampan102512321tampan
tampion11298661tampion
tampons112711561tampons
tarpon82812801tarpon
camion103917192camion
campion133011412campion
campo115219762campo_
campong14318122campong
campos125217952campos
capon95221872ca_pon
crampon1336942crampon
dampen114310592dampen
damson938062damson
gammon1138902gammon
kampong16294932kampong
lampion11278302lampion
lampoon11267192lampoon
mammon939642mammon
pompon1238942pompon
rampion11298582rampion
ramson8310462ramson
sampan102511892sampan
taipan82410662taipan
talion6317712talion
talon55824112ta_lon
tamein8313092tamein
tamp86133002tamp__
tampans113310982tampans
tamped114317042tamped
tamper104618512tamper
tamping122815812tamping
tampions12358122tampions
tamponed1336022tamponed
tamps95524082tamp_s
tarpan82814292tarpan
tarpons92612212tarpons
tauon54816582ta_uon
taxon124414662ta_xon
tempo95214972tempo_
tempos103812292tempos
tompion11247102tompion
tympan13257012tympan
yapon104613582ya_pon
yaupon11345492yaupon

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.690258972.5
2DLD Change Limit82551454.54618159.0
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691455.26633933.0
 
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