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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 “man” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

38 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
man5746587(None) 
an211879081_an
ban58366841ban
can57760141can
dan46859671dan
fan67158861fan
gan48060131gan
ma410060661ma_
mac78053931mac
mad68958711mad
mae57659111mae
mag67956481mag
main65345521main
mana65341961mana
mane65052031mane
mano66536811mano
mans66354551mans
many95731861many
map77255121map
mar57965951mar
mas58175821mas
mat58083941mat
maun65727211maun
maw87050101maw
mawn94424141mawn
max129045451max
may88757631may
mean65538091mean
men59252851men
moan65832021moan
mon57561581mon
mun56143861mun
nan37854881nan
pan58466451pan
ran38266621ran
tan37167571tan
van66246331van
wan66761941wan

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.0602978183.3
2DLD Change Limit5146380.09355333.3
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691380.1691057343.2
 
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