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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 “parmesans” 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.

29 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
parmesans134410(None) 
parmesan1244751parmesan_
paesans93312692pa__esans
partisans1167482partisans
artisans888523_artisans
bartisans1165553bartisans
gamelans11115843ga_melans
paeans85118263pa__e_ans
paesan85114093pa__esan_
paesani9348683pa__esani
paesano9338793pa__esano
paesanos10296703pa__esanos
paisans93614753pa__isans
pampeans1444703pa_mpeans
parasang1147333par_asang
parasangs1246033par_asangs
parazoans2045603parazoans
pareses94718883par_es_es
paresis93315093par_es_is
parians93519733par__ians
parietals1146863parietals
parsons93516873par__sons
partans94418283par__tans
partisan1058423partisan_
partizans2055243partizans
permeant12310913perme_ant
permeases1347103permeases
ptarmigans1551583ptarmigans
tarletans944643tarletans

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 Filter1786911486410.1561145455.1
2DLD Change Limit148641297.76619140.0
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.93522519.3
 
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