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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 “patrons” 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.

64 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
patrons9381810(None) 
matrons93517631matrons
natrons73215661natrons
partons94620511partons
patrols93513511patrols
patron84018041patron_
patroons102710601patroons
aprons8316992_aprons
barons85025382ba_rons
batons85519422bat_ons
cartons94122472cartons
cations94524142cations
citrons92913222citrons
copatrons1346332copatrons
dacrons103211032dacrons
diatrons939622diatrons
garrons82713462garrons
hadrons113314302hadrons
introns73515022introns
kations114013662kations
ladrons83813192ladrons
macrons113514892macrons
marrons93216972marrons
matron83918312matron_
nations74720562nations
natron64116022natron_
pactions122613502pactions
padrone102512072padrone
padrones112711042padrones
padroni10278612padroni
paeons83915522pa_eons
pardons103817622pardons
parols84722612pa_rols
parous84024162pa_rous
parrots9312742parrots
parsons93516872parsons
partans94418282partans
parton84720992parton_
patens84820862pat_ens
pathos115516692patho_s
patins87528782pat_ins
patios85221782patio_s
patois84319362pat_ois
patriots1038052patriots
patrol83213022patro_l
patronal1048652patronal
patroness1137482patroness
patronise1198452patronise
patronly1344882patronly
patroon92811972patroon
pattens95414922pattens
perrons93115482perrons
petrols92913082petrols
petrous92714422petrous
pitons85319042pit_ons
plastrons1147132plastrons
platoons1038682platoons
potions93417422potions
putons83515152put_ons
pythons1537362pythons
rations74123432rations
ratoons73815472ratoons
rattons73815322rattons
waitrons1136642waitrons

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671643.58030075.7
3Display Results64640.0302133.3
 (SQL Overall)178691643.98344863.4
 
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