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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 “cotton” 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.

55 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
cotton831299(None) 
cottons9312191cottons
cottony1237251cottony
boston8513042boston
bottom1048722bottom
bouton8311532bouton
button8310272button
canton85722992canton
carton84522662carton
cation83925502cation
chiton112612392chiton
citron83112982citron
cocoon10312262cocoon
codon86522852co_don
cogon89120902co_gon
coition9314312coition
colon78630192co_lon
common12310802common
conto76027172conto_
contos84923232contos
coon67248942co__on
cordon95017292cordon
cortin82423152cortin
cotan71521782co_tan
cotta75818572cott_a
cottae84615702cottae
cottar84613812cottar
cottas84615572cottas
cotter84926672cotter
cottoned1138032cottoned
coupon102810992coupon
craton84517192craton
croton84415452croton
crouton947132crouton
cyton101511462c_yton
gotten73410112gotten
jetton1338032jetton
lotion65716522lotion
lotto55217572lotto_
lottos64613102lottos
motion85217552motion
motto76119512motto_
mottos84615242mottos
mouton8410852mouton
mutton8510452mutton
notion64516582notion
otto45220642_otto_
ottos54714322_ottos
ponton83217642ponton
potion84519572potion
potto75320942potto_
pottos84615872pottos
ratton64116122ratton
rotten64115432rotten
wonton93410962wonton

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551552.26636430.3
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691552.62568072.8
 
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