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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 “foremen” 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
foremen1241292(None) 
firemen1238771firemen
foemen11310521fo_emen
foramen12310531foramen
foreman12312361foreman
boreen8314312bore_en
choremen1597602choremen
fireman1249332fireman
foeman11311232fo_eman
footmen1246582footmen
foramens1337822foramens
forefend1545602forefend
foreign1136832foreign
foreleg1137742foreleg
foreran10311792foreran
forerun1037652forerun
foresee10414332foresee
foreseen1139102foreseen
forever1338952forever
forewent1439422forewent
forewomen1746462forewomen
forme105225992for_me_
formed125021172for_med
formee113919942for_mee
former114221402for_mer
formes114623712for_mes
freemen1238462freemen
frogmen1335892frogmen
horsemen1347482horsemen
moreen8313342more_en
premen105017802_premen
sokemen1337052sokemen
wiremen1236902wiremen
workmen1635932workmen

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit107671343.67329314.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691344.09243668.4
 
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