Welcome!   |  Search Scrabble® Dictionary using DLD   |  Statistics   |  Compare any two Strings using DLD   |  Reference   |  Your IP

Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fauna” 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.

77 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
fauna8481651(None) 
faena85014201faena
faun76226621faun_
faunae95210371faunae
faunal94711591faunal
faunas94013631faunas
fauns84516751fauns
sauna54117551sauna
ana39559832_a_na
anna45529012_anna
aunt46553652_aunt
aura45836252_aura
buna64730722_buna
canna75919332canna
daunt65929082daunt
facia103218462facia
facula112912232facula
faenas94412762faenas
fain75840562fain_
faint85837062faint
fan67158862fa_n_
fane75343572fa_ne
fang85432562fa_ng
fanga96119632fanga
fanny114816042fanny
fano75831692fa_no
fans76247372fa_ns
fanum10313442fanum
farina94618232farina
fatwa1168062fatwa
faucal11339962faucal
faugh125712962faugh
fauld95214492fauld
fault85428312fault
fauve114712072fauve
faux146519072fau_x
fava106820262fa_va
fawn105321952fawn_
fawns115914262fawns
fawny144711712fawny
flaunt9712912flaunt
flauta937822flauta
flung95114582flung
flunk125014382flunk
found94917842found
fount84727032fount
fraena938062fraena
frena85915272frena
fun66841142f_un_
fund85624982f_und
funk115825622f_unk
funs75235732f_uns
gaun56427712gaun_
gaunt65430402gaunt
haunt85229132haunt
infauna1044402infauna
jaunt125025272jaunt
kahuna1394102kahuna
kana85928532ka_na
kuna85120702_kuna
lacuna8118122lacuna
laguna7127222laguna
lauan55216792lauan
laura54116202laura
luna46229852_luna
mana65341962ma_na
manna75522542manna
maun65727212maun_
maund85515452maund
nana46632902na_na
puna65331652_puna
ruana5312422ruana
saunas63915432saunas
taunt55532282taunt
tuna45127842_tuna
varna84516172varna
vaunt85925312vaunt

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.300595636.7
2DLD Change Limit53800771.61033416.1
3Display Results77770.0135923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691771.92392923.0
 
Comments and Suggestions welcome: FaceBook ~ UserVoice ~ SQLServerCentral  |  Developed By: Tom Keller Consulting © 2011-2025  |  Published At: SQLServerCentral (with Source Code)  |  Presented At: SQLSaturday #144  |  Demonstrated For: Sacramento SQL Server User Group  |  Developed For: Repo Remarketing  |  Running On: Microsoft SQL 2014 RTM Standard on Server 2012 R2 (also successfully run on SQL 2012 Web Edition, SQL Express 2008-2008R2, and SQL Server 2000-2005 Standard)  |  SQL Performance Monitoring By: Confio Ignite  |  American Scrabble® Dictionary From: Internet Scrabble Club  |  Scrabble® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. This site is not affiliated with Scrabble®, Mattel, Spear, or Hasbro in any way. This site is for entertainment and technical education purposes only.