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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 “mans” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
mans6635455(None) 
bans66555141bans
cans65050851cans
dans56748151dans
fans76247371fans
macs86742511macs
mads76845371mads
maes66948401maes
mags75444531mags
mains75635111mains
man57465871man_
mana65341961mana
manas76240431manas
mane65052031mane
manes76648961manes
mano66536811mano
manos74933621manos
manse75528231manse
manus75924931manus
many95731861many
maps86141051maps
mars66261871mars
mas58175821ma_s
mass66044941mass
mats65460291mats
maws96437141maws
mays96940031mays
means75831231means
moans74624371moans
mons68152261mons
muns65535921muns
nans46139401nans
pans65855731pans
sans45153361sans
tans46154821tans
vans76236731vans
wans76452271wans

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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983370.25055932.0
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691370.313570897.8
 
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