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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 “chaperone” 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.

31 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
chaperone164656(None) 
chaperon1547351chaperon_
chaperoned1843871chaperoned
chaperones1745861chaperones
chaperons1646891chaperons
chaperonage1951452chaperonage
cabezone2144433c_abezone
capering132414963c_apering
caprine11314233c_ap_rine
capstone1237653c_apstone
caserne93710063c_aser_ne
chaldron1445773chaldron_
chaldrons1545493chaldrons
chalone12312103cha__lone
chamfron1844493chamfron_
chamfrons1944383chamfrons
chanfron1644803chanfron_
chanfrons1744623chanfrons
chaperonages2051403chaperonages
chaperoning1952633chaperoning
chaptering18107963chaptering
cheveron1645263cheveron_
cheverons1745203cheverons
cicerone1247523c_icerone
flaperon13124843flaperon_
flaperons14125043flaperons
hyperon1548183_hyperon_
hyperons1649203_hyperons
hyperope1846863_hyperope
unchaperoned2071133unchaperoned
whalebone1753353whalebone

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641316.97021325.8
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.40624127.9
 
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