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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 “matron” 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.

63 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
matron8391831(None) 
macron103615671macron
marron83717541marron
matrons93517631matrons
natron64116021natron
patron84018041patron
apron7318832_apron
baron78131242ba_ron
baton75822422bat_on
carton84522662carton
cation83925502cation
citron83112982citron
dacron94310692dacron
diatron839282diatron
garron73113492garron
hadron102913752hadron
intron64215022intron
kation104315682kation
ladron73413322ladron
macon94519952ma_con
macro94718172macro_
macrons113514892macrons
macros104017012macros
madrona10288702madrona
madrone102812662madrone
madrono10288742madrono
mammon939642mammon
maroon83118202maroon
marrons93216972marrons
marrow112812602marrow
marten84518262marten
martin84122522martin
mascon103612742mascon
mason74820182ma_son
matin75132852mat_in
matres84522232matres
matrix1539852matrix
matronal1048112matronal
matronly1344782matronly
mattin84416632mattin
matzo16312892matzo_
matzoh2035482matzoh
matzoon1896472matzoon
matzos1749262matzos
matzot17710982matzot
metro74718802metro_
metros84217802metros
micron103714282micron
mikron12318502mikron
moron76925422m_oron
motion85217552motion
muton73817002mut_on
mutton8510452mutton
nation64322802nation
natrons73215662natrons
parton84720992parton
patrol83213022patrol
patrons93818102patrons
patroon92811972patroon
ration64226012ration
ratoon64417372ratoon
ratton64116122ratton
waitron1036332waitron

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551632.54632423.8
3Display Results63630.0163937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691632.90561511.5
 
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