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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 “sane” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

35 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
sane4595434(None) 
ane37866951_ane
bane65250431bane
cane66653121cane
fane75343571fane
gane55145301gane
jane115031481jane
kane85133971kane
lane45153331lane
mane65052031mane
pane64950291pane
sabe66140571sabe
sade55544471sade
sae38365181sa_e
safe75930951safe
sage55044591sage
sake85244961sake
sale44959701sale
same65245641same
sand55338471sand
saned65636271saned
saner54334321saner
sanes55649071sanes
sang55441231sang
sank85236831sank
sans45153361sans
sate45556101sate
save75741361save
sene46848051sene
sine46560621sine
sone46649981sone
stane55933001stane
syne75725761syne
vane75534691vane
wane76344721wane

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit13983350.22063559.1
3Display Results35350.0132692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691350.499358098.2
 
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