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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 “sawney” 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.

39 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
sawney1238760(None) 
sawneys13274641sawneys
tawney12338231tawney
awned96615952_awned
awny105919302_awn_y
barney115314452barney
carney115315702carney
dawned113912092dawned
fawned134910422fawned
fawner125910462fawner
fawny144711712fawn_y
hawkey19507632hawkey
lawny115912012lawn_y
pawned124513282pawned
pawnee113115402pawnee
pawner114212922pawner
sained75424242sained
sandy94221132sa_ndy
sane45954342sa_ne_
saned65636272sa_ned
sanely93114612sa_nely
saner54334322sa_ner
sanes55649072sa_nes
sawed95628402saw_ed
sawer85026212saw_er
sawfly1535132sawfly
sawn75428162sawn__
sawyer12438042sawyer
spawned13316802spawned
spawner12347362spawner
stoney96217352stoney
swanky16447972swanky
swanny12336822swanny
tawneys13324772tawneys
tawny114713652tawn_y
waney115120322wa_ney
yawey14458272yaw_ey
yawned13509842yawned
yawner12428472yawner

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 Limit82551392.61031628.7
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691392.96960185.6
 
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