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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 “alan” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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291 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
alan4684408(None) 
ala312463601ala_
alae45643751alae
aland65526411aland
alane56135611alane
alang66023511alang
alans55636171alans
alant55742291alant
alar46340071alar
alas46358121alas
azan136521781azan
clan65633921clan
elan46734241elan
flan76134181flan
plan65833941plan
ulan46527391ulan
aa219179952a_a_
aah616252962a_ah
aal39058672a_al
aals49941142aals
aas310975392a_as
aba512850952aba_
abas68642082abas
adman84517902adman
aeon45634612aeon
afar76720782afar
aga410447232aga_
again65218122again
agar58726412agar
agas55938842agas
agin56132712agin
agon56531882agon
aha611246642aha_
ain37579102a_in
airn46433842airn
ajar116217702ajar
akin86328042akin
al210674042al__
alack114820062alack
alamo7418142alamo
alands75418372alands
alanin6317272alanin
alants67722022alants
alanyl955482alanyl
alarm76621422alarm
alary86123442alary
alate55340332alate
alb57342652al_b
alba68328332alba
albas75925392albas
albs68628572albs
ale36572342al_e
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
alfa77624272alfa
alfas87219042alfas
alga57927602alga
algae65319622algae
algal66518222algal
algas65624932algas
algin65718762algin
alias55834602alias
alien56425582alien
alif76242142alif
align65016502align
aline57243152aline
alit46155692alit
alkane104313322alkane
alky115920342alky
all36148232al_l
allay85620392allay
alls46740922alls
ally76935642ally
alma66333022alma
almah106917252almah
almas76629772almas
alme65832162alme
alms65834922alms
aloe45540192aloe
aloin55227422aloin
alone55732962alone
along65419492along
alow75328592alow
alp56641132al_p
alps65529242alps
als36663022al_s
also46423442also
alt36467962al_t
altar55520642altar
alto47831262alto
alts46639902alts
alum65227612alum
alway116113922alway
ama510853302ama_
amah98927492amah
amain74922912amain
amas67746292amas
amen66733152amen
amin66042252amin
an211879082__an
ana39559832ana_
anal48037522anal
anas46649862anas
anlas55626932anlas
anna45529012anna
anon46134852anon
apian75018332apian
arak86929572arak
asana5315482asana
aslant6317752aslant
atap66722452atap
atlas55821582atlas
atman75520142atman
ava610139322ava_
avant86224662avant
avian84616052avian
awa611939672awa_
away108024222away
awn68035912a_wn
axal116520492axal
axman144813182axman
axon115524302axon
ayah108022992ayah
ayin76331742ayin
azans146516882azans
azlon144312872azlon
azon135725052azon
balas76937212balas
ban58366842_ban
bean66443862bean
blab86629132blab
blae66134642blae
blah98625062blah
blain75421792blain
blam86131702blam
bland85320452bland
blank115418552blank
blat66550952blat
blaw97026722blaw
blawn106813702blawn
blin67228172blin
bran65740382bran
callan83619602callan
can57760142_can
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
clam86332292clam
clang86019312clang
clank114719522clank
clans75031012clans
clap86429042clap
claw95624342claw
clay95927412clay
clean75420412clean
clon66232482clon
cyan96419622cyan
daman84821162daman
dan46859672_dan
dean56039482dean
elain55324702elain
eland65820392eland
elans55527752elans
fan67158862_fan
flab96628352flab
flag87427082flag
flak116026172flak
flam96333292flam
flank124618092flank
flans85327972flans
flap96128702flap
flat77147822flat
flaw106326642flaw
flax147325632flax
flay106332802flay
gala55635162gala_
galah95917642galah
galas65731642galas
galax135314462galax
gan48060132_gan
glad65624012glad
glam76529342glam
gland75217712gland
glans65125832glans
glean65818202glean
glen56027202glen
gran56335012gran
guan55325582guan
halal85623592halal
halon86124862halon
hazan173813612hazan
hwan105716892hwan
jalap143612472jalap
japan14411232japan
jawan15710382jawan
jean116629282jean
kalam11315112kalam
kalian10312162kalian
khan115819152khan
koan85425042koan
la219261632_la_
lab58864782_lab
lac510155822_lac
lad48165712_lad
lag47862122_lag
lagan66520342lagan
lain46146282lain
lallan63414182lallan
lam57666712_lam
land56337312_land
lane45153332_lane
lang56637392_lang
lank84734452_lank
lap58565272_lap
lar37967532_lar
las37281472_las
lat37593402_lat
lauan55216792lauan
lav66847342_lav
law68656642_law
lawn75925632lawn
lax107651522_lax
lay68865352_lay
lean46345242lean
lin37967382_lin
llano5910602llano
loan47436452loan
malar76424442malar
man57465872_man
mayan105616902mayan
mean65538092mean
moan65832022moan
naan47621932naan
nala46930392nala_
nalas55528362nalas
nan37854882_nan
paean77222722paean
pagan86121162pagan
pan58466452_pan
pavan106518472pavan
pean66147172pean
pian66136102pian
plain74823302plain
plane74929142plane
plank115221142plank
plans75731272plans
plant75437112plant
plat66048872plat
play95928982play
raglan73711502raglan
ran38266622_ran
ratan53722662ratan
roan47234202roan
salad65321832salad
salal55425702salal
salon55228552salon
saran53730302saran
scan65530452scan
slab67133762slab
slag55934352slag
slain54923572slain
slam67737972slam
slang66324022slang
slank95822772slank
slant55238702slant
slap66434042slap
slat46959022slat
slaw77930712slaw
slay76436382slay
solan55328152solan
span65234662span
swan76631312swan
tala45938052tala_
talar56225382talar
talas55935892talas
talon55824112talon
tan37167582_tan
than76128772than
tolan55124012tolan
uhlan849112uhlan
ulans54921302ulans
ulna46317332ulna
ulpan7310122ulpan
van66246332_van
wan66761942_wan
wean75734352wean
xylan1537462xylan
yean75834582yean
yuan76120012yuan
yulan8411492yulan

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit298722910.95331345.2
3Display Results2912910.0634619.0
 (SQL Overall)1786912911.282139384.6
 
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