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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 “poisons” 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.

40 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
poisons931035(None) 
foisons1047611foisons
poison8312221poison_
prisons9313221prisons
bisons83914372_bisons
bolsons969482bolsons
bosons85016652bo_sons
dobsons1036202dobsons
empoisons1343642empoisons
foison948932foison_
godsons966662godsons
grisons838992grisons
orisons7310562orisons
paisans93614752paisans
parsons93516872parsons
persons93717012persons
pinons86019942p_inons
pions75826392p_i_ons
pisos76021062p_iso_s
pistons93016372p_istons
pitons85319042p_itons
plosions1038022plosions
pocosons1266102pocosons
podsols1056512podsols
poisers94214432poisers
poises84226542pois_es
poising103617102poising
poisoned1136952poisoned
poisoner1046982poisoner
poisoners1146112poisoners
poisonous1144072poisonous
pompons1338552pompons
pontons93315552pontons
poons75430972po__ons
potions93417422potions
prions84317782pri_ons
prison8514022prison_
ptisans9317362ptisans
sponsons1045812sponsons
unisons748422unisons

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 Limit107671403.51630623.2
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691403.90545759.5
 
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