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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 “an” with Change Limit: [1]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

41 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
an21187908(None) 
aa219179951aa
ab410674761ab
ad311975031ad
ae212590291ae
ag311067461ag
ah513868791ah
ai211288391ai
ain37579091ain
al210674041al
am411875561am
ana39559831ana
and47244171and
ane37866951ane
ani37751181ani
ant37270791ant
any68440491any
ar211379381ar
as211083071as
at212393401at
aw512563401aw
awn68035911awn
ax911057781ax
ay511773891ay
ban58366841ban
can57760141can
dan46859671dan
en28052391en
fan67158861fan
gan48060131gan
in28150861in
man57465871man
na28652481na
nan37854881nan
on28057181on
pan58466451pan
ran38266621ran
tan37167571tan
un28341131un
van66246331van
wan66761941wan

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 Filter17869111160.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit1116410.03037200.0
3Display Results41410.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691410.0762351197.4
 
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