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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 “desman” 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.

44 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
desman931169(None) 
deskman1444321deskman
desmans1039001desmans
bedesman1345082bedesman
busman10310252busman
dalesman1145802dalesman
daman84821162d_aman
daysman1335052daysman
deadman11238422deadman
dean56039482de__an
decuman1236572decuman
deewan10267552deewan
demand104314252de_mand
demean9510562demean
demon86520312de_mon
derma84918512derma_
dermal93614342dermal
dermas94116812dermas
desand84812632des_and
descant104315582descant
design8408932design
deskmen1435022deskmen
desmid1048362desmid
destain8412082destain
dewan95718042de_wan
dismal92412242dismal
dismay12229472dismay
dolman95312402dolman
dustman1044682dustman
gasman92911742gasman
german9611982german
hetman112510602hetman
legman949652legman
leman75622602le_man
lensman937562lensman
merman10513862merman
mesian84315502mesian
messan83912062messan
messman1137282messman
newsman1245502newsman
penman10312322penman
reman75730152re_man
seaman84015902seaman
yeoman1138822yeoman

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551442.37634743.7
3Display Results44440.0133384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691442.73265406.7
 
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