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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 “bluesmen” 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.

54 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
bluesmen124415(None) 
bluesman1244071bluesman
bedesmen1355712bedesmen
bluesier1034942bluesier
bluestem1243222bluestem
busmen1039892b_u_smen
aldermen1145043aldermen
almsmen1144583al_msmen
bailsmen1244623bailsmen
bandsmen1356453bandsmen
basemen1139083base_men
batsmen1146883b_atsmen
beadsmen1385883beadsmen
bedemen12910183bede_men
bedesman1345083bedesman
blessed10319493bl_essed
blesser9329293bl_esser
blesses93812393bl_esses
bluefin1245123blue_fin
blueline1036873blueline
blues75127043blues___
bluesiest1135693bluesiest
bluest84016483blues__t
bluestems1342223bluestems
bluestone1144863bluestone
bluesy11448983blues__y
blueweed1444043blueweed
blume95619893blu__me_
blumed114313643blu__med
blumes105917793blu__mes
blushed134411753blu_shed
blusher124113113blu_sher
blushes124314823blu_shes
bluster94215313blu_ster
boatsmen1245283boatsmen
bogeymen1643633bogeymen
bondsmen1345473bondsmen
bushmen1436303b_ushmen
busman10310253b_u_sman
clansmen1245723clansmen
clubmen1334253clu_bmen
dalesmen1146203dalesmen
flehmen1534913fl_ehmen
gamesmen1345113gamesmen
glassmen1145393glassmen
gleemen1035723gl_eemen
housemen1346563housemen
legmen939343_l_egmen
lensmen937883_lensmen
lessen64212433_l_essen
linesmen1046563linesmen
lumen75220903_lu__men
salesmen1047253salesmen
talesmen1047013talesmen

Search took 8 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 Limit146162547.11020557.2
3Display Results54540.0301800.0
 (SQL Overall)178691547.56323627.0
 
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