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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 “foilsman” 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.

41 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
foilsman135377(None) 
foilsmen1354101foilsmen
bailsman1245002bailsman
oilman839482_oil_man
spoilsman1342502spoilsman
bailsmen1244623bailsmen
boatsman1245703boatsman
bondsman1345693bondsman
corpsman1445133corpsman
dolman95312403do_l_man
fieldsman1542323fieldsman
fireman1249333f_ireman
firman112211343f_i_rman
flyman14326423f__lyman
foeman11311233fo__eman
foils85025813foils___
foison948933foi_s_on
foolscap1542563foolscap
footman1236403fo_otman
foreman12312363fo_reman
fugleman1442673fugleman
gownsman1443453gownsman
guildsman1351693guildsman
kinsman1335963_kinsman
mailman1137733mail_man
milkman1544913_milkman
nobleman1244303nobleman
oarsman937733_oarsman
oilcan837793_oil_can
oilmen848313_oil_men
oilskin1144473_oilskin
pointman1244803pointman
reinsman1045823reinsman
rodsman1036653ro_dsman
spoilsmen1342423spoilsmen
stillman1043953stillman
talisman1045553talisman
tollman935863to_llman
townsman1344103townsman
woodsman1444793woodsman
woolman1235433wool_man

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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162417.34319904.9
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691417.79522923.8
 
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