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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 “bacon” 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.

80 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
bacon9562059(None) 
bacons104917581bacons
baron78131241baron
baton75822421baton
beacon10511371beacon
macon94519951macon
racon75422141racon
aboon74918702aboon
acorn75616622_acorn
aeon45634612_aeon
agon56531882_agon
ancon75718232ancon
anon46134852_anon
axon115524302_axon
azon135725052_azon
baboo94319502baboo
baboon103613912baboon
bacca111012182bacca
bach116131392bac_h
back125535762bac_k
backs135729622backs
bairn77515532bairn
balcony1435852balcony
ballon84117492ballon
ban58366842ba__n
banco94019392banco_
bancos104713892bancos
barn66444642ba_rn
barong96015822barong
barons85025382barons
barony115915302barony
baryon111211612baryon
basin75026922basin
basion84315852basion
batons85519422batons
bayou10512362bayou
bazoo163815672bazoo
beacons11410732beacons
beckon14309382beckon
belon73924112belon
beton76022062beton
bicorn103610102bicorn
bicron103710772bicron
bison75716982bison
blazon1736762blazon
boon67142172b_oon
boron76727142boron
boson76019732boson
cajon144513902cajon
canon74725302canon
capon95221872capon
con510268022__con
dacron94310692dacron
deacon9510422deacon
falcon11310292falcon
fanon84619012fanon
flacon1138632flacon
garcon92912482garcon
gascon9339722gascon
halon86124862halon
icon66922042_icon
kaon87521022ka_on
macons104017242macons
macron103615672macron
mascon103612742mascon
mason74820182mason
paeon74819492paeon
racons84319342racons
racoon83814472racoon
radon64620502radon
rayon83815702rayon
recon75624242recon
salon55228552salon
taco67031352taco_
tacos77023552tacos
talon55824112talon
tauon54816582tauon
taxon124414662taxon
wagon94312952wagon
yapon104613582yapon

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800801.76630464.3
3Display Results80800.0165000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691802.09285416.3
 
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