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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 “bedesman” 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.

60 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
bedesman134508(None) 
bedeman12168841bede_man
bedesmen1355711bedesmen
beadsman1355612beadsman
bedemen12910182bede_men
bluesman1244072bluesman
desman9311692__desman
seedsman1144892seedsman
alderman1145193alderman
badman113813843bad__man
bailsman1245003bailsman
bandsman1346753bandsman
baseman1138553base_man
batsman1157993b_atsman
beadman12249153be_adman
beadsmen1385883beadsmen
bedamn1137813bed_am_n
bedeafen1443343bedeafen
bedpan1137583bed__pan
bedstand1244333bed_stand
beeswax1942403be_eswax
bellman1137183be_llman
bemean10410683beme__an
bluesmen1244153bluesmen
boatsman1245703boatsman
bogeyman1643223bogeyman
bondsman1345693bondsman
busman10310253b__usman
dalesman1145803dalesman
deskman1444323__deskman
desmans1039003__desmans
edema8610553_ede_ma_
edemas9310503_ede_mas
etesian757853_etesian
gamesman1344523gamesman
headsman1446353headsman
helmsman1553503helmsman
herdsman1465643herdsman
leadsman1145243leadsman
lensman937563le_nsman
linesman1046253linesman
medusan1044713medus_an
messman1137283me_ssman
newsman1245503ne_wsman
oedema936573oede_ma_
oedemas1056693oede_mas
pedestal1146403pedestal
redemand1245923rede_mand
redesign1045073redesign
reedman1037723re_edman
reinsman1045833reinsman
rodsman1036653rod_sman
salesman1047353salesman
seedman1037373se_edman
seedsmen1144303seedsmen
sideman1037973side_man
talesman1046693talesman
teleman959573tele_man
tradesman1244643tradesman
verseman1345383verseman

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162608.04618165.8
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691608.49921024.9
 
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