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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 “acorns” 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.

56 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
acorns8501301(None) 
acorn75616621acorn_
adorns74212611adorns
corns76034761_corns
scorns85713021scorns
aborts84916182aborts
acarus8312192acarus
accords1247242accords
acorned10238282acorned
acres76327762ac_res
across8312642across
actins86321102actins
actors81016772actor_s
adores74420722adores
adorn64917092adorn_
aeons57624652aeo_ns
agons66423782ago_ns
agoras7613342agoras
airns55521032a_irns
aloins65022202aloins
aprons8316992aprons
attorns738442attorns
axons125517932axo_ns
azons146518252azo_ns
bacons104917582baco_ns
bicorns11338762bicorns
cairns85313302cairns
carns75937562_carns
coins75834552_coins
conns75024232_conns
cons66057692_co_ns
coons76737282_coons
cords86030622_cords
cores76361852_cores
corks116028272_corks
corms95626222_corms
corn69945812_corn_
cornu75921322_cornu
cornus84816562_cornus
corny106023272_corny
corps95927042_corps
cors66656442_cor_s
curns74924282_curns
dacrons103211032dacrons
horns86125332_horns
icons76516492ico_ns
macons104017242maco_ns
macrons113514892macrons
morns75527442_morns
porns75527342_porns
racons84319342raco_ns
racoons93912432racoons
scores84725922scores
scorn75817452scorn_
sorns55028422_sorns
thorns95314102thorns

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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551562.64031269.3
3Display Results56560.0134307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691562.99959583.5
 
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