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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 “captans” 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.

30 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
captans11161205(None) 
caftans12179441caftans
capstans1257241capstans
captains121810571captains
captan101613341captan_
caftan111710122caftan_
caimans113811782caimans
callans94518472callans
cancans11311872cancans
cantals93919572cantals
cantons95221202cantons
capelans1238012capelans
capias10318352capia_s
capitals12209452capitals
caplins113515992caplins
capons104119502cap_ons
capstan1137902capstan_
captain112111062captain
captions123813222captions
captors113914982captors
cartons94122472cartons
caymans14349512caymans
cotans81317922c_otans
haptens124511342haptens
japans1539822jap_ans
kaftans14185352kaftans
partans94418282partans
ratans63819372ra_tans
rattans73411952rattans
tartans72615822tartans

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 Filter1786911076710.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit107671303.25033129.5
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.71948048.1
 
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