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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 “german” 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.

48 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
german961198(None) 
germane1049661germane
germans1079471germans
germen9612311germen
merman10513861merman
airman82414222airman
barman103519702barman
carman103920742carman
derma84918512derma_
dermal93614342dermal
dermas94116812dermas
desman9311692desman
firman112211342firman
gagman103811242gagman
gasman92911742gasman
gemma106311772gemma_
gemmae11507792gemmae
gerah9315302ger_ah
germ75428962germ__
germanic1367502germanic
germens1078632germens
germina1038502germina
germs85118872germ_s
germy115113662germ_y
gleeman1035362gleeman
gormand1157452gormand
gran56335012g_r_an
groan65618422g_roan
gunman9299452gunman
herdman13238422herdman
herma105318882herma_
hermae115314472hermae
hermai118912862hermai
hetman112510602hetman
legman949652legman
leman75622602le_man
mermen10813812mermen
overman12311462overman
penman10312322penman
permian112612282permian
preman104117452preman
reman75730152re_man
reran57329102rer_an
seaman84015902seaman
sermon8413552sermon
vermian12329712vermian
vermin113414522vermin
yeoman1138822yeoman

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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551482.62631436.0
3Display Results48480.0133692.3
 (SQL Overall)178691482.96560266.8
 
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