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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 “sextan” 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.

31 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
sextan1338964(None) 
seitan62613231seitan
sextain14257101sextain
sextans14349261sextans
sextant142911961sextant
sexton133610791sexton
dextran1586162dextran
extant132714752_extant
seaman84015902seaman
seawan94111222seawan
sedan65620422se_dan
seitans73312302seitans
septa75518082septa_
septal84513382septal
seta45637312se_ta_
setae56026222se_tae
setal56430902se_tal
seton55223542se_ton
sewan85921292se_wan
sext117338092sext__
sextains15246812sextains
sextants15287382sextants
sextet13916872sextet
sexto124415452sext_o
sextons143710412sextons
sextos134012162sextos
sexts125118382sext_s
sexual1338412sexual
sheitan1036572sheitan
sultan63012592sultan
suntan62613002suntan

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 Limit82551312.56332208.7
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691312.91961216.5
 
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