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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 “badman” 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.

56 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
badman11381384(None) 
adman84517901_adman
badmen114613831badmen
bagman114613811bagman
barman103519701barman
batman105214061batman
bayman133712701bayman
beadman12249151beadman
madman113712381madman
admen84516182_admen
aidman92410622aidman
atman75520142_atman
axman144813182_axman
badland1147652badland
bagmen115412532bagmen
bandsman1346752bandsman
banian8315382banian
banyan1139482banyan
barmen105418532barmen
baseman1138552baseman
batmen104414302batmen
batsman1157992batsman
baymen134212002baymen
beadmen12299452beadmen
beadsman1355612beadsman
bedamn1137812bedamn
bedeman12168842bedeman
bedpan1137582bedpan
birdman1236672birdman
boardman1344392boardman
boatman1147052boatman
bondman1238042bondman
bowman13129852bowman
busman10310252busman
cabman123812502cabman
caiman103615662caiman
carman103920742carman
cayman133613212cayman
daman84821162da_man
deadman11238422deadman
gagman103811242gagman
gasman92911742gasman
headman13229632headman
landman1038922landman
lawman11289052lawman
layman113511302layman
leadman10237842leadman
madmen113511742madmen
radian74117272radian
ragman94013712ragman
rodman949712rodman
sandman10310172sandman
taxman15328612taxman
vanman1139792vanman
wadmal1237282wadmal
yardman1335912yardman

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 Filter178691825510.393454684.5
2DLD Change Limit82551562.26336478.6
3Display Results56560.0331697.0
 (SQL Overall)178691562.68966452.6
 
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