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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 “macaronic” 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
macaronic154524(None) 
macaroni1246521macaroni_
macaronics1643681macaronics
macaronis1346561macaronis
acronic112814692_ac_ronic
macaronies1446172macaronies
acaroid103512313_acaro_id
acetonic1238733_acetonic
achromic1747613_achromic
acrotic112515543_ac_rotic
anachronic1754133anachronic
canonic11312933__canonic
carbonic1439993__carbonic
catatonic1346093catatonic
chronic14311423__chronic
diachronic1853503diachronic
hadronic1447953ha_dronic
laconic1139883lac__onic
lactonic1248043lac_tonic
macaroon1246343macaro_on
macaroons1345563macaroons
macron103615673mac_ron__
macrons113514893mac_ron_s
maharani1344623maharani_
maharanis1454913maharanis
mandarinic1553263mandarinic
masonic1139913m__asonic
microbic1647213mic_robic
moronic11311863m__oronic
muscarinic1651753muscarinic
tachyonic1943273tachyonic

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 Limit148641317.04621095.8
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691317.49823831.8
 
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