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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 “handymen” 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.

63 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
handymen174498(None) 
handyman1745231handyman
bandsmen1356452bandsmen
hangmen1337382han_gmen
landmen1038552land_men
landsmen1156602landsmen
sandmen1039412sand_men
shantymen1762502shantymen
abdomen1237023_abdomen
admen84516183_a_d_men
aidmen92610373_aid_men
badmen114613833ba_d_men
bandsman1346753bandsman
baymen134212003ba__ymen
bondmen1237893bond_men
bondsmen1345473bondsmen
dairymen1443313dairymen
funnymen1642013funnymen
hackmen1836713ha_ckmen
handaxes1938403handaxes
handed114919983hand__ed
hander104526433hand__er
handgun1244623hand_gun
handier113817443hand_ier
handle104219293hand_le_
handled124114533hand_led
handler113516163hand_ler
handles114020653hand_les
handover15126823handover
handsel11308723hand_sel
handset113016823hand_set
handsewn1543623handsewn
handsome1447603handsome_
handsomer1545453handsomer
handwoven1943213handwoven
handy125520873handy___
hangman1337813han_gman
hanuman1237133han_uman
harden105718533hard__en
hardiment1546063hardiment
headmen13259513head_men
headsmen1465983headsmen
henchmen1844453henchmen
herdmen13238453herd_men
herdsmen1464833herdsmen
huntsmen1343273huntsmen
hymen13311043h___ymen
landman1038923land_man
landsman1156853landsman
laundrymen1651413laundrymen
laymen113010843la__ymen
madmen113511743ma_d_men
moneymen1545653moneymen
pantrymen1643273pantrymen
ranchmen1545833ranchmen
sandman10310173sand_man
shantyman1762513shantyman
tallymen1343523tallymen
vandyke1842513vandyke_
vandyked2041573vandyked
vandykes1942163vandykes
vanmen1138403van__men
yardmen1335423yard_men

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162637.14320462.3
3Display Results63630.0302100.0
 (SQL Overall)178691637.57623586.5
 
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