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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 “bailsman” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

61 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
bailsman124500(None) 
bailsmen1244621bailsmen
bandsman1346752bandsman
batsman1157992ba_tsman
foilsman1353772foilsman
mailman1137732mail_man
talisman1045552talisman
aidman92410623_ai_dman
airman82414223_ai_rman
almsman1145093_almsman
badman113813843ba__dman
bagman114613813ba__gman
bailment1249183bail_ment
bails75933523bails___
balsa77920413ba_ls_a_
balsam105612233ba_ls_am
balsams11579013ba_lsams
balsas86417523ba_ls_as
bandsmen1356453bandsmen
bargeman1345143bargeman
barman103519703ba__rman
baseman1138553ba_seman
basilican1343203basilican
batman105214063ba__tman
batsmen1146883ba_tsmen
bayman133712703ba__yman
beadsman1355613beadsman
bedesman1345083bedesman
bellman1137183b_ellman
birdman1236673b_irdman
bluesman1244073bluesman
boatsman1245703boatsman
bondsman1345693bondsman
busman10310253b__usman
caiman103615663cai__man
dairyman1443493dairyman
dalesman1145803dalesman
daysman1335053da_ysman
foilsmen1354103foilsmen
gamesman1344523gamesman
gasman92911743ga__sman
guildsman1351703guildsman
kinsman1335963_kinsman
landsman1156853landsman
mailmen1137273mail_men
marksman1645263marksman
milkman1544913_milkman
oarsman937733oa_rsman
oilman839483_oil_man
paisan84417073pai_s_an
plainsman1343193plainsman
raftsman1344163raftsman
reinsman1045843reinsman
salesman1047353salesman
spoilsman1342503spoilsman
stillman1043953stillman
tailfan1044653tail_fan
tailspin1043763tailspin
talesman1046693talesman
talismans1143833talismans
tallyman1344213tallyman

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162617.86018595.7
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691618.29621539.4
 
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