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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 “bank” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

24 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
bank10583575(None) 
back125535761back
balk105132221balk
ban58366841ban_
band76740911band
bane65250431bane
bang74837001bang
bani65334961bani
banks115527901banks
bans66555141bans
bark106242151bark
bask105131421bask
blank115418551blank
bonk105531711bonk
brank115222281brank
bunk105731351bunk
dank95828241dank
hank115134141hank
lank84734451lank
rank85135531rank
sank85236831sank
tank85134021tank
wank115632511wank
yank115423671yank

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 Filter178691139830.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit13983240.51627098.8
3Display Results24240.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691240.639279641.6
 
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