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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 “merchants” 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.

45 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
merchants164622(None) 
merchant1548811merchant_
enchants1347832_enchants
etchants1346022_etchants
merchanted1844482merchanted
penchants1646202penchants
bacchants1845023bacchants
barchans1588683barchan_s
brechans1547413brechan_s
chants115020393___chants
decants103514443de_c_ants
descants112910143desc_ants
enchant12313123_enchant_
errants7410643_er_rants
etchant1249823_etchant_
marchlands1843243marchlands
marchpanes1943603marchpanes
mechanic1747613me_chanic
mechanics1845983me_chanics
mechanism1846563me_chanism
mechanist1648743me_chanist
mechanists1745893me_chanists
mediants11299493me_diants
medicants1466783medicants
mercapto1443313merc_apto
merchandise1952853merchandise
merchanting1944313merchanting
merchantman2061573merchantman
merchantmen2051893merchantmen
merches144013763merch__es
methanes133812163me_thanes
mordants1137143mor_dants
pechans14810503pe_chan_s
penchant1549583penchant_
percents122713373perc_ents
perchance1866393perchance
reactants1146623reactants
recants93217093re_c_ants
recharts1337663re_charts
recreants1146623recreants
secants93413893se_c_ants
sergeants10115593sergeants
serjeants1673963serjeants
servants1138003ser_vants
versants1137783ver_sants

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911486410.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit148641456.29623608.8
3Display Results45450.0301500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691456.73226543.5
 
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