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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 “foeman” 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.

34 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
foeman1131123(None) 
foemen11310521foemen
foreman12312361foreman
axeman1538102axeman
bowman13129852bowman
cowman13910372cowman
dolman95312402dolman
fireman1249332fireman
firman112211342firman
flyman14326422flyman
foehn11236322foe_hn
foetal9311882foetal
footman1236402footman
foremen12412922foremen
foreran10311792foreran
formal113215202formal
formant123416002formant
format113021352format
freeman1237342freeman
frogman1335872frogman
iceman1037852iceman
leman75622602_leman
nonman8412362nonman
potman102813572potman
preman104117452preman
reman75730152_reman
rodman949712rodman
roman75424822ro_man
socman1039812socman
sokeman1337262sokeman
soman75024902so_man
toman75724052to_man
woman105818002wo_man
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 Limit82551342.14038575.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.49971505.0
 
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