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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 “harmonica” 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.

41 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
harmonica1610575(None) 
armonica1276861_armonica
harmonic1589431harmonic_
harmonicas17104771harmonicas
harmonics16107401harmonics
armonicas13106122_armonicas
harmonies141311042harmonies
harmonise14148762harmonise
harmonist141310662harmonist
harmonium1646082harmonium
harmonize23137712harmonize
hormonic1568152hormonic_
ammonia1148693_ammoni_a
ammoniac1455743_ammoniac
ammonic1349163_ammonic_
arnica8310443_ar__nica
baryonic1546203baryonic_
carbonic1439993carbonic_
daemonic1356913daemonic_
daimonic1346603daimonic_
enharmonic1752653enharmonic_
hadronic1447953hadronic_
harmonically2255763harmonically
harmonicist1884193harmonicist
harmonious1544173harmonious
harmonised16175393harmonised
harmonises15148373harmonises
harmonists15137123harmonists
harmoniums1744503harmoniums
harmonized25136353harmonized
harmonizer24165423harmonizer
harmonizes24147593harmonizes
harmony1538173harmon__y
inharmonic1752743inharmonic_
japonica19114033ja_ponica
parsonic1239703parsonic_
pharaonic1645763pharaonic_
santonica1145373santonica
sardonic1147453sardonic_
sermonic1248883sermonic_
veronica1346733ver_onica

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641416.67322275.0
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.12525079.4
 
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