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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 “bananas” 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.

31 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
bananas9331222(None) 
banana83213411banana_
bandanas11178571bandanas
mananas93414731mananas
zananas16319561zananas
anabas8314082_anabas
annas55824882_an_nas
asanas6514112_asanas
balatas9311832balatas
bandana10179462bandana_
bandannas12163282bandannas
bandas95120542ban_das
banians9312032banian_s
banns75321232ban_n_s
banyans1237912banyan_s
bonanzas1943112bonanzas
bwanas1157442b_wanas
cabanas112413032cabanas
cannas84518402can_nas
jacanas1638262jacanas
jnanas13207302_jnanas
kanakas10327212kanakas
lantanas838262lantanas
manana84816072manana_
mannas85019802man_nas
naganas847982naganas
nanas55928632__nanas
panadas103312212panadas
panamas113112762panamas
zanana153810362zanana_
zenanas16286232zenanas

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 Filter1786911076710.560319091.1
2DLD Change Limit107671313.29632667.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691313.87246149.5
 
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