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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 “thorned” 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.

39 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
thorned1147940(None) 
horned105718701_horned
throned115412171throned
acorned10238272acorned
adorned9256892adorned
attorned955352attorned
bethorned1544442bethorned
chorded144710552chorded
chored125321882chor_ed
churned13358372churned
corned95224522_corned
dehorned1345682dehorned
honed95332262_ho_ned
horded115420482_horded
hornet94926432_hornet
horsed105321082_horsed
phoned124014552pho_ned
scorned10229952scorned
shored105723652shor_ed
shorted113614402shorted
sorned74820042_sorned
thinned11399162thinned
thirled11328092thirled
tholed105113872tho_led
thonged12376842thonged
thorn85318702thorn__
thornier1135322thornier
thorns95314102thorn_s
thorny12509842thorn_y
thorpe113610092thorpe_
thorpes125010352thorpes
thoued10429002tho_ued
throne98517602throne_
thrones105715842thrones
thronged13405332thronged
toned65435342t_o_ned
turned73914472t_urned
whored135512122whor_ed
whorled14366902whorled

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671392.86037647.2
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.24954998.8
 
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