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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 “salmon” 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.

33 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
salmon8461418(None) 
salmons93713261salmons
salon55228551sal_on
saloon64418021saloon
almond91410432_almond
ballon84117492ballon
daemon9279592daemon
daimon9259712daimon
dalton7311272dalton
falcon11310292falcon
gallon73715812gallon
gammon1138902gammon
halon86124862hal_on
mammon939642mammon
psammon1342542psammon
saimin8313662saimin
sallow94315752sallow
salmi7815862salm_i
salmis8514272salmis
salmonid1147632salmonid
salol55222142sal_ol
salons63823692sal_ons
saloons74415322saloons
saloop84212582saloop
salvo84415642salvo_
salvor94711092salvor
salvos94613382salvos
sermon8413552sermon
solion6616382solion
solon55026132sol_on
summon1037622summon
talion6317712talion
talon55824112tal_on

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551332.70330540.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691333.07958035.4
 
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