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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 “shamans” 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.

34 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
shamans12361090(None) 
shaman113314281shaman_
shamas113717941shama_s
atamans9710432atamans
chazans21268122chazans
damans94715982_damans
hamals114816822_hamals
hazans183411652_hazans
humans112312432_humans
sampans112411002s_ampans
sarans64224432s_arans
seaman84015902seaman_
seawans10379942seawans
shairns10276782shairns
shaitans1136412shaitans
shamanic1546562shamanic
shamanism1645342shamanism
shamanist1447092shamanist
shames114726222sham_es
shaming133016742shaming
shammas14358722shammas
shammes144312832shammes
shammos14307202shammos
shamois123210422shamois
shamos114216982sham_os
shamoys15367282shamoys
shams105829412sham__s
shamus114112812sham_us
sharns95516982sha_rns
shorans102812412shorans
siamang1045332siamang
siamangs1144062siamangs
somans84619302s_omans
stamens93411482stamens

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671342.92036873.6
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691343.31253952.6
 
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