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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 “hangnail” 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.

31 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
hangnail125366(None) 
hangnails1353001hangnails
agnail739532_a_gnail
bangtail1144352bangtail
handrail1247302handrail
agnails837003_a_gnails
anginal8310163_angina_l
annal56520763_an_na_l
bangtails1243593bangtails
engrail846263_engrail
fantail10310233fan_tail
ganglial1054663ganglial
handball1487033handball
handmaid1546133handmaid
handrails1346513handrails
hangable1438213hang_able
hangar104114513hang_a_r
hangars114313493hang_ars
hangman1337813hangma_n
hangnest12311413hangnest
hangtag1244533hangta_g
hangtags1344163hangtags
hangul1049213hang__ul
hobnail1243973h_obnail
manganic1346993manganic
manganin1147543manganin
ringtail944723ringtail
shanghai1542643shanghai_
shanghais1642883shanghais
unnail6410583_un_nail
wagtail1145043wa_gtail

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 Filter1786911461620.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit146162316.70621795.7
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.13925030.3
 
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