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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 “pagan” 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.

91 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
pagan8612116(None) 
lagan66520341lagan
paean77222721paean
pagans95717921pagans
pavan106518471pavan
aga410447232_aga_
again65218122_again
agar58726412_agar
agas55938842_agas
agin56132712_agin
agon56531882_agon
alan46844082_alan
apian75018332apian
azan136521782_azan
bagman114613812bagman
began86319572began
bogan87519002bogan
daman84821162daman
fagin9216572fagin
gaga66625552gaga_
gagman103811242gagman
gan48060132__gan
hazan173813612hazan
hogan97817702hogan
japan14411232japan
jawan15710382jawan
lagans75717782lagans
lauan55216792lauan
ligan67920282ligan
logan68123282logan
magian9312832magian
mayan105616902mayan
naan47621932na_an
nagana748942nagana
organ6915392organ
paca85132242paca_
pacas96029402pacas
paeans85118262paeans
paeon74819492paeon
paesan85114092paesan
page76036102pag_e
pageant10312782pageant
paged95926782paged
pager84728202pager
pages85235072pages
paging104020402paging
pagod95013682pagod
pain65647242pa_in
paisan84417072paisan
pan58466452p__an
panga85323532panga_
pangas99921102pangas
pangen94115912pangen
papa85827142papa_
papain10313792papain
papal95820672papal
papas94927492papas
papaw125112492papaw
para65242172para_
parae76335702parae
parang93715512parang
paras76143042paras
parian83223962parian
partan83820562partan
paten74827342paten
patin76832852patin
pavane114113442pavane
pavans115715592pavans
pavin105623202pavin
pawn94625302pa_wn
pean66147172p_ean
pecan91919032pecan
pekan111613972pekan
pian66136092p_ian
plagal948572plagal
plan65833942p_lan
platan83913692platan
pyran10514472pyran
raga55930812raga_
ragas65326062ragas
raglan73711502raglan
ragman94013712ragman
ratan53722662ratan
saga55331172saga_
sagas66025882sagas
saran53730302saran
vagal94613632vagal
vegan95114152vegan
wagon94312952wagon
wangan10311222wangan
wigan95114392wigan

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.310576422.6
2DLD Change Limit53800911.50035866.7
3Display Results91910.0165687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691911.82697859.3
 
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