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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 “hansel” 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.

52 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
hansel9521437(None) 
handsel11308721handsel
hanse85722791hanse_
hansels104011651hansels
hanses95022631hanses
hassel95614211hassel
angel65019562_angel
cancel105316682cancel
cannel84216402cannel
chancel144011772chancel
channel123910482channel
damsel9148032damsel
easel54521112ea_sel
gunsel7339852gunsel
hallel93514092hallel
hance105424152hance_
hances115621282hances
handed114919982handed
hander104526432hander
handle104219292handle
handsels12317242handsels
handset113016822handset
hanged114222392hanged
hanger104023252hanger
hangul1049212hangul
hanked144220602hanked
hanker134622092hanker
hansa85416782hans_a
hansas94616042hansas
hanseled1237712hanseled
hansom11219152hansom
hanted104124312hanted
hantle94318202hantle
hassels104311012hassels
hassle93711592hassle
hausen9610382hausen
hawse116015122hawse_
hawser125910842hawser
hawses125113992hawses
hazel176414812ha_zel
hirsel9138682hirsel
hosel86024812h_osel
housel95217042housel
mangel94017532mangel
manse75528232manse_
manses84225512manses
mantel84317972mantel
panel76023622pan_el
passel85117002passel
sansei63411902sansei
tassel66014772tassel
tinsel639442tinsel

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551522.67330883.3
3Display Results52520.0163250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691523.04958606.4
 
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