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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 “hadron” 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.

36 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
hadron10291375(None) 
hadrons113314301hadrons
ladron73413321ladron
adorn64917092_adorn
apron7318832_apron
baron78131242ba_ron
caldron1038152caldron
cardon94120852cardon
chaldron1445772chaldron
dacron94310692dacron
gadroon938172gadroon
garron73113492garron
hadronic1447952hadronic
hagdon1188282hagdon
halon86124862ha_lon
harden105718532harden
harrow122610772harrow
heron85025502h_eron
hydro12259422hydro_
hydros13279362hydros
ladrone83611872ladrone
ladrons83813192ladrons
lardon74415062lardon
macron103615672macron
madrona10288702madrona
madrone102812662madrone
madrono10288742madrono
marron83717542marron
matron83918312matron
natron64116022natron
padrone102512072padrone
padroni10278612padroni
pardon94618732pardon
patron84018042patron
radon64620502rad_on
sadiron836042sadiron

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 Filter178691825510.1401276364.3
2DLD Change Limit82551362.81029377.6
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.96660246.5
 
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