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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 “firman” 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.

36 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
firman11221134(None) 
airman82414221airman
fireman1249331fireman
firmans12238521firmans
aidman92410622aidman
airmen82612352airmen
barman103519712barman
birdman1236672birdman
carman103920752carman
firemen1238772firemen
firepan1236982firepan
firkin1337822firkin
firm96026462firm__
firmed125411882firmed
firmer114712442firmer
firming132811222firming
firmly1436662firmly
firms105217422firm_s
firn76927512fir__n
flyman14326422flyman
foeman11311232foeman
foreman12312362foreman
formal113215202formal
formant123416002formant
format113021352format
furan84320012fur_an
german9611982german
hitman112710222hitman
kirkman1243772kirkman
liman75921602li_man
merman10513862merman
oilman839482oilman
pitman102412122pitman
tinman82411142tinman
titman82711002titman
wireman1237842wireman

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 Filter178691825510.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit82551362.62631436.0
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.99859603.4
 
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