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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 “boltonias” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
boltonias114512(None) 
boltonia1045511boltonia_
atonias73315993__atonias
balconies1347743balconies
bedsonias1243013bedsonias
begonias1146263b_egonias
betonies10413063b_etonies
bignonias1243783bignonias
biltongs1133813bilton_gs
bolivias1345393bol_ivias
bolognas1144073bol_ognas
boloneys1334503bol_oneys
bolsons969483bolson__s
boonies93422483bo__onies
bostons9312903boston__s
botanicas1365253bo_tanicas
botanies10312853bo_tanies
boutons9310783bouton__s
colonial10411343col_onial
colonials1147903col_onials
colonics123711613col_onics
colonies103620013col_onies
daltonian1043913daltonian
dystonias1345263dystonias
golcondas1342693golcondas
houstonias1353353houstonias
myotonias1445953myotonias
pogonias1148513po_gonias
tortonis848743tortoni_s
valonias1147473val_onias

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641306.61022487.3
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691307.06325299.6
 
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