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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 “bans” 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.

39 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
bans6655513(None) 
baas66844671baas
bads77048861bads
bags76645501bags
bals66354041bals
bams87044451bams
ban58366831ban_
band76740901band
bands85233421bands
bane65250421bane
banes74945581banes
bang74836991bang
bangs85627771bangs
bani65334951bani
bank105835741bank
banks115527901banks
banns75321231banns
baps86040841baps
barns76335141barns
bars66564091bars
bas58681751ba_s
bass66146781bass
bats66962331bats
bays97143911bays
beans75734691beans
bens65945701bens
bins66548251bins
brans75437431brans
buns66243721buns
cans65050841cans
dans56748141dans
fans76247361fans
mans66354531mans
nans46139391nans
pans65855721pans
sans45153351sans
tans46154811tans
vans76236721vans
wans76452261wans

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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983390.26652567.7
3Display Results39390.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691390.329543133.7
 
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