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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 “madman” 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.

58 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
madman11371238(None) 
adman84517901_adman
badman113813841badman
madmen113511741madmen
admen84516182_admen
aidman92410622aidman
atman75520142_atman
axman144813182_axman
badmen114613832badmen
bagman114613812bagman
barman103519702barman
batman105214062batman
bayman133712702bayman
beadman12249152beadman
cabman123812502cabman
caiman103615662caiman
carman103920742carman
cayman133613212cayman
daman84821162da_man
deadman11238422deadman
gagman103811242gagman
gasman92911742gasman
headman13229632headman
landman1038922landman
lawman11289052lawman
layman113511302layman
leadman10237842leadman
madam10316222mad_am
madame1139852madame
madams11310942madams
madcap1336332madcap
madden103912522madden
madras94316432madras
madwoman1643692madwoman
magian9312832magian
magma104513572magma_
magmas115512502magmas
mailman1137732mailman
mama86231592ma_ma_
mamas95930772ma_mas
mamma86317912mamma_
mammae94613212mammae
mammal95112752mammal
mammas94616402mammas
mammon939642mammon
mannan85413622mannan
mayan105616902ma_yan
meatman1137902meatman
median94117542median
merman10513862merman
radian74117272radian
ragman94013712ragman
rodman949712rodman
sandman10310172sandman
taxman15328612taxman
vanman1139792vanman
wadmal1237282wadmal
yardman1335912yardman

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551582.28336159.0
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691582.63967711.6
 
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