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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 “ligans” 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.

76 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
ligans7681773(None) 
lagans75717781lagans
ligan67920281ligan_
ligand85011291ligand
ligands9438981ligands
lignans8398851lignans
limans84816301limans
logans76319061logans
wigans104511701wigans
aligns75312952alig_ns
bogans95714812bogans
cigars9910722cigars
divans104612392divans
diwans105110372diwans
gigas75415582giga_s
hogans105914312hogans
lagan66520342lagan_
lauans65113532lauans
leans55536252l_eans
legals73412732legals
lemans85316392lemans
liana53915892li_ana
lianas63713382li_anas
liane54720662li_ane
lianes63819322li_anes
liang64914412li_ang
liangs74410592li_angs
liars54723162li_ars
lidars7310782lidars
liens56525502li_ens
ligase7259912ligase
ligases82310712ligases
ligate72519252ligate
ligates82318382ligates
ligers75022042ligers
lights104519912lights
lignan75510322lignan
lignins84010492lignins
likens105613702likens
lilacs837482lilacs
liman75921602liman_
limas75627632lima_s
limens84618032limens
limns75718392li_mns
linacs8310812linacs
linens64818392linens
lingams104510192lingams
lingas75116572linga_s
linins65922142linins
linns56123332li_nns
lins47059052li__ns
lions55923212li_ons
lipins85016882lipins
liras56021982lira_s
litany939052litany
litas54923772lita_s
livens94314892livens
loans56026462l_oans
logan68123282logan_
logins77820642logins
logons79818172logons
longans84510812longans
lorans65117602lorans
lungans8399052lungans
organs7912912organs
origans839972origans
pagans95717922pagans
pians75126962pi_ans
signs65516322sig_ns
slogans8407982slogans
tigons74112262tigons
titans63414912titans
vegans103910852vegans
vigas94817882viga_s
wigan95114392wigan_
witans93412932witans

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551762.81329346.2
3Display Results76760.0164750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691763.17256333.9
 
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