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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 “positron” 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.

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
positron109690(None) 
position10912191position
positrons1186541positrons
positions11811502positions
apposition1446593apposition
boston8513043bos_t_on
cistron9299883cis_tron
citron83112983__citron
coition9314313co_ition
copatron1246753copatron
cosmotron1353153cosmotron
deposition13107833deposition
exposition1947163exposition
ignitron943203ignitron
imposition1446533imposition
mesotron1045383mesotron
monition10311723monition
noniron738373noni_ron
omicron1165063_omicron
omikron1353173_omikron
opposition1445483opposition
patron84018043p__atron
petition10711753petition
piston83515923pis_t_on
piton76121583p__it_on
plastron1046913plastron
plectron12228023plectron
pliotron1044563pliotron
plosion939113plosi__on
poison8312223po_i_son
poitrel936193po_itrel
polaron939843po_laron
poltroon1046503po_ltroon
ponton83217643po_nt_on
pontoon93010703po_ntoon
portion9615493po_rtion
posit75833333posit___
posited10511493posit_ed
positing11312303positing
positional1247903positional
positioned1396003positioned
positive1349993positive
positronium1552653positronium
posits85718713posit__s
postbox1885493pos_tbox
postboy1476673pos_tboy
postdoc1245263pos_tdoc
posteen93512623pos_teen
postern93615613pos_tern
postilion11117463postilion
postin83521033pos_t_in
postman112410043pos_tman
postmen113110423pos_tmen
postop10511943pos_t_op
postpone1248693pos_tpone
postriot10412253pos_triot
postteen1055693postteen
potation101716783potation
potion84519573po__tion
punition1038373punition
reposition121010143reposition
soliton7410233solit_on
volition1179173volition
waitron1036333_waitron

Search took 10 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162649.32615672.5
3Display Results64640.0331939.4
 (SQL Overall)178691649.78218267.3
 
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