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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 “maroon” 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.

60 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
maroon8311820(None) 
maroons92615551maroons
marron83717541marron
aboon74918702_aboon
argon65520592_argon
arson55118832_arson
baboon103613912baboon
baron78131242bar_on
baryon111211612baryon
carbon104919042carbon
cardon94120852cardon
cardoon104813812cardoon
carton84522662carton
cartoon94114462cartoon
croon75522782_croon
dahoon1039052dahoon
gaboon93211772gaboon
gadroon938172gadroon
garcon92912482garcon
garron73113492garron
harpoon1238312harpoon
jargon1448822jargon
jargoon1545192jargoon
karoo92519582karoo_
karoos102415802karoos
kroon94514482_kroon
lagoon7410482lagoon
lardon74415062lardon
lardoon83410372lardoon
macaroon1246342macaroon
macon94519952ma_con
macron103615672macron
madrono10288742madrono
madzoon1996062madzoon
mammon939642mammon
margin94016842margin
marlin84220902marlin
marmot10318742marmot
marooned1138562marooned
marrons93216972marrons
marrow112812602marrow
marten84518262marten
martin84122522martin
mascon103612742mascon
mason74820182ma_son
matron83918312matron
matzoon1896472matzoon
merlon83012352merlon
moon67140812m__oon
morion86217732morion
moron76925422mor_on
pardon94618732pardon
parson83817902parson
parton84720992parton
patroon92811972patroon
racoon83814472racoon
ratoon64417372ratoon
saloon64418022saloon
tarpon82812802tarpon
varoom11411412varoom

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551604.36018933.7
3Display Results60600.0163750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691604.48239868.6
 
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