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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 “menhaden” 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.

29 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
menhaden144421(None) 
menhadens1543001menhadens
methadon1444522methadon
deaden83714323de__aden
leaden74515223le__aden
maenades1137473maen_ades
manmade1237963manmade_
menace103216943men_ace_
menaced122710093men_aced
menacer112610883men_acer
menaces112715523men_aces
menad85918983men_ad__
menads95514383men_ad_s
menage93216543men_age_
menages103615393men_ages
menazon1846053men_azon
mended104418683men__ded
mender93520793men__der
mensae84114053mensa_e_
menschen1543713menschen
menshen1236813men_shen
methadone1544433methadone
methadons1544423methadons
methane123211793methane_
methanes133812163methanes
monades103713823mon_ades
reharden1276303re_harden
reshaven1435193reshaven
unladen8248653_unladen

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162297.86018595.7
3Display Results29290.0161812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691298.29921531.6
 
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