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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 “tarpons” 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.

49 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
tarpons9261221(None) 
tampons112711561tampons
tarpans92513531tarpans
tarpon82812801tarpon_
aprons8316992_aprons
argons75018202_argons
arpens84814822_arpens
arsons63917212_arsons
barons85025382bar_ons
baryons121010472baryons
capons104119502ca_pons
carbons115418942carbons
cardons104519942cardons
cartons94122472cartons
garcons102411642garcons
garrons82713462garrons
harpins123615702harpins
harpoons1337482harpoons
jargons1558202jargons
lardons83914492lardons
maroons92615552maroons
marrons93216972marrons
pardons103817622pardons
parsons93516872parsons
partons94620512partons
taipans9269552taipans
talions7314112talions
talons64019442ta_lons
tampans113310982tampans
tampions12358122tampions
tampon102911232tampon_
tardyons1244612tardyons
tarns56433952tar__ns
tarocs84615662tar_ocs
taroks106115282tar_oks
taros55640822tar_o_s
tarots66422992tar_ots
tarpan82814292tarpan_
tarps76527122tarp__s
tartans72615822tartans
tarzans16329922tarzans
tauons63412672ta_uons
taxons134211502ta_xons
torpors939382torpors
trapans92812462trapans
turions7311572turions
turnons737862turnons
yapons114411772ya_pons
yaupons12345682yaupons

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 Filter1786911076710.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit107671493.50030763.1
3Display Results49490.0133769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691493.90345783.0
 
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