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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 “packman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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137 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
packman173669(None) 
hackman1836431hackman
packmen1746311packmen
hackmen1836712hackmen
packwax2542852packwax
placeman1445682placeman
sockman1535662sockman
spaceman1445322spaceman
trackman1645402trackman
acumen1049013_acumen
adman84517903_a_dman
aidman92410623_aidman
airman82414223_airman
ashman1148383_ashman
ataman81013063_ataman
atman75520143_a_tman
attackman1751823attackman
axeman1538103_axeman
axman144813183_a_xman
backhand2047433backhand
backland1748103backland
backsaw1836203backsaw
badman113813843ba_dman
bagman114613813ba_gman
barman103519703ba_rman
baseman1138553baseman
batman105214063ba_tman
batsman1157993batsman
bayman133712703ba_yman
bookman15136483bookman
cabman123812503ca_bman
caiman103615663ca_iman
carman103920743ca_rman
caveman1437073caveman
cayman133613213ca_yman
coachman1744983coachman
cracksman1943513cracksman
daman84821163da__man
daysman1335053daysman
decuman1236573decuman
deskman1444323deskman
gagman103811243ga_gman
gasman92911743ga_sman
gateman1057473gateman
hacksaw1943713hacksaw
hacksawn2042673hacksawn
hangman1337813hangman
hanuman1237133hanuman
iceman1037853_iceman
jacamar1844323jacamar
jackal1937613jack_al
jackdaw2442843jackdaw
jazzman2442553jazzman
junkman2043173junkman
kirkman1243773kirkman
lactean956483lactean
landman1038923landman
lawman11289053la_wman
layman113511303la_yman
linkman1335393linkman
madman113712383ma_dman
mailman1137733mailman
marksman1645263marksman
milkman1544913milkman
oarsman937733oarsman
paca85132243pac__a_
pacas96029403pac__as
pacha126518063pac_ha_
pachas135017143pac_has
pack125535443pack___
package16128013package
packed154822603pack_ed
packer144223403pack_er
packers153818893packers
packet144726503pack_et
packets155114773packets
packing164420723packing
packly17228333pack_ly
packs135528933pack__s
packsack1744523packsack
paction112713963paction
paean77222723pa__ean
paesan85114093pa_esan
pagan86121163pa__gan
paisan84417073pa_isan
pajama17317653pajama_
pajamas18278153pajamas
palmar104113463pa_lmar
pampean1335543pampean
panama104213353panama_
panamas113112763panamas
panhuman1544003panhuman
papayan1445303papayan
paphian1437453paphian
parian83223963pa_rian
parka115120883park_a_
parkas125018023park_as
parkland1545373parkland
parkway1934553parkway
partan83820563pa_rtan
patamar1147093patamar
pavan106518473pa__van
pecan91919033pec__an
pechan13511543pec_han
pekan111613973p_ek_an
penman10312323p_enman
pickax2135913pick_ax
pikeman1535523pikeman
pitchman1744013pitchman
pitman102412123p_itman
placemen1445783placemen
plowman1444933plowman
pockmark1743403pockmark
postman112410043postman
potman102813573p_otman
preman104117453p_reman
propman1339063propman
pucka133412803puck_a_
pullman1135403pullman
ragman94013713ra_gman
ranchman1546043ranchman
sagaman10117563sagaman
sandman10310173sandman
sockmen1535453sockmen
socman1039813soc_man
spacemen1445413spacemen
stickman1643943stickman
stockman1644143stockman
taximan1635783taximan
taxman15328613ta_xman
trackmen1635573trackmen
truckman1643153truckman
vanman1139793va_nman
watchman1844623watchman
workman1635613workman
yachtman1842653yachtman
yardman1335913yardman

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit1340271376.42320866.7
3Display Results1371370.0632174.6
 (SQL Overall)1786911376.89225927.3
 
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