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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 “banians” 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.

33 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
banians931203(None) 
banian8315381banian_
banyans1237911banyans
anions64123032_anions
avians93711562_avians
bairns86710872ba_irns
banana83213412ban_ana
bananas93312222ban_anas
bandana10179462bandana
bandanas11178572bandanas
bandas95120542banda_s
baning95127832bani_ng
banns75321232ban__ns
bantams1149062bantams
banyan1139482banyan_
banzais1837162banzais
basins85722762basi_ns
basions94213952basions
bunions92210472bunions
cancans11311872cancans
fanions103713072fanions
kalians11310182kalians
kanbans1337722kanbans
magians10310752magians
maniacs114313062maniacs
manias84029032mania_s
mannans93611522mannans
parians93519732parians
radians83013822radians
randans8313212randans
wangans1149502wangans
wanigans1244742wanigans
wanions104011372wanions

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 Limit107671333.23333303.7
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691333.60949512.6
 
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