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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 “gagman” 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.

49 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
gagman10381124(None) 
bagman114613811bagman
gagmen103910411gagmen
gasman92911741gasman
ragman94013711ragman
adman84517902_adman
agma77623262_agma_
agmas85919872_agmas
atman75520142_atman
axman144813182_axman
badman113813842badman
bagmen115412532bagmen
barman103519702barman
batman105214062batman
bayman133712702bayman
cabman123812502cabman
caiman103615662caiman
carman103920742carman
cayman133613212cayman
daman84821162da_man
flagman13186172flagman
gaga66625552gag_a_
gama77035522ga_ma_
gamas85431362ga_mas
gamay116419112ga_may
gamin84423002ga_min
gamma106116102gamma_
gammas115714692gammas
gammon1138902gammon
gasmen93111562gasmen
gateman1057472gateman
german9611982german
gunman9299452gunman
hangman1337812hangman
lagan66520342lag_an
lawman11289052lawman
layman113511302layman
legman949652legman
madman113712382madman
magian9312832magian
magma104513572magma_
magmas115512502magmas
pagan86121162pag_an
raglan73711502raglan
ragmen93712182ragmen
sagaman10117562sagaman
swagman1334912swagman
taxman15328612taxman
vanman1139792vanman

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551492.20337472.1
3Display Results49490.0163062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691492.54570212.6
 
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