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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 “preman” 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.

57 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
preman10411745(None) 
premen105017801premen
reman75730151_reman
axeman1538102axeman
crewman1435752crewman
fireman1249332fireman
foeman11311232foeman
foreman12312362foreman
freeman1237342freeman
german9611982german
iceman1037852iceman
leman75622602_leman
merman10513862merman
paean77222722pae_an
paesan85114092paesan
pean66147172p_e_an
pecan91919032p_ecan
pekan111613972p_ekan
penman10312322penman
permian112612282permian
pikeman1535522pikeman
pitman102412122pitman
potman102813572potman
preamp1238992preamp
predawn1335352predawn
preen75925052pre_en
prefab1336242prefab
prehuman1545032prehuman
prelaw1139102prelaw
premade12311442premade
premeal11310522premeal
premed114617762premed
premie103617992premie
premix173710332premix
premune1138932premune
prepay13310312prepay
preplan1149952preplan
presa74319042presa_
pressman1247152pressman
pretax152310192pretax
prewar114712582prewar
prewarn124410152prewarn
prima95019342prima_
primal104014622primal
primas104418102primas
prolan8414692prolan
propman1339062propman
redan66125012_redan
remain85919862_remain
remand95618962_remand
remans84823002_remans
remap95418102_remap
reran57329102_reran
rewan85623662_rewan
roman75424822_roman
trepan82511672trepan
wireman1237842wireman

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551572.56332208.7
3Display Results57570.0163562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691572.92261153.7
 
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