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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 “reasons” 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.

39 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
reasons7251494(None) 
reason62616331reason_
seasons72614231seasons
treasons848681treasons
weasons102310581weasons
beacons11410732beacons
deacons10310392deacons
erasions8310982erasions
kelsons1137322kelsons
lessons73811022lessons
masons83916512_masons
mesons83215842me_sons
nelsons738002nelsons
persons93717012persons
racons84319342r_acons
radons74118532r_adons
ramsons939562ramsons
rayons94113342r_ayons
readorns938282readorns
reagins84215642reagins
reasoned9410732reasoned
reasoner849342reasoner
reasoners947112reasoners
reavows1335272reavows
reckons13269652reckons
recons84922992re_cons
redons75222182re_dons
regions83613472regions
reseasons944872reseasons
resins64528772re_sins
resods74116302re_sods
resows93915352re_sows
season62714902season_
telsons739222telsons
treason748762treason_
unreasons9114342unreasons
weakons14287802weakons
weapons12278602weapons
weason93210822weason_

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 Filter1786911076710.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit107671393.50030763.1
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691393.93945364.6
 
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