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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 “newsmen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

110 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
newsmen123589(None) 
newsman1245501newsman
lensmen937882lensmen
messmen1137392messmen
newsie9138212newsie_
newsier10147222newsier
newsies101310382newsies
newswomen1753032newswomen
adwomen1345683adwomen
almsmen1144583almsmen
batsmen1146883batsmen
beadmen12299453beadmen
beadsmen1385883beadsmen
bedemen12910183bedemen
bedesmen1355713bedesmen
bellmen1138143bellmen
bowmen1399853bow_men
busmen1039893_busmen
cerumen1147763cerumen
chessmen1544463chessmen
cowmen13810923cow_men
crewmen1436383crew_men
daysmen1335083daysmen
deadmen11248573deadmen
deskmen1435023deskmen
desman9311693de_sman
examen1538283_examen
gasmen93111563_gasmen
germen9612313ge_rmen
gownsmen1443373gownsmen
headmen13259513headmen
headsmen1465983headsmen
hegumen1355463hegumen
helmsmen1552843helmsmen
herdmen13238453herdmen
herdsmen1464833herdsmen
kinsmen1335653kinsmen
lawmen11308593law_men
leadmen10277903leadmen
leadsmen1154793leadsmen
legmen939343le_gmen
lensman937563lensman
lessen64212433le_ssen
linesmen1046563line_smen
meatmen1138243meatmen
menshen1236813menshen
mermen10813813me_rmen
messman1137283messman
neaten64214543ne_aten
nelson638423nels_on
nesses64718323ne_sses
nested74720063ne_sted
nester64124183ne_ster
netizen1635883netizen
neume74414403ne_ume_
neumes83112623ne_umes
neuston736083neuston
newbie11135413newbie_
newbies12147423newbies
newborn1244283newborn
newcomer1543343newcomer
newel86114133new__el
newer85717463new__er
newie81813483new_ie_
newies91014073new_ies
newmown1542283newmown
news76127373news___
newsagent1353553newsagent
newsbeat1343623newsbeat
newsboy1542493newsboy
newsdesk1641733newsdesk
newsiest11107483newsiest
newsless1134533newsless
newsmaker1843423newsmaker
newspeak1742563newspeak
newsreel1142863newsreel
newswoman1752743newswoman
newsy11489393news__y
newton936983new_ton
nomen75621623n__omen
nonmen8412833n_onmen
numen74216793n__umen
oarsmen938093oarsmen
owsen84210193_ows_en
peasen84815963peas_en
penmen10311493pe_nmen
pressmen1238833pressmen
reedmen1038333reedmen
regimen104411573regimen
reinsmen1047073reinsmen
reseen64318413re_seen
rewaken144410273rewaken
rewiden1137533rewiden
rewoken145112293rewoken
rewoven13557933rewoven
rodsmen1035833rodsmen
seamen84518563se_amen
seedmen1037683seedmen
seedsmen1144303seedsmen
semen75724103se__men
snowmen12246153snow_men
tegmen988403te_gmen
tegumen10105423tegumen
telemen9310173telemen
townsmen1344073townsmen
velamen1237123velamen
versemen1346853versemen
women104619253__women
yeggmen1442673yeggmen
yeomen1138183ye_omen

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 Filter1786911340270.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1340271106.09321996.9
3Display Results1101100.0462391.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911106.56227231.2
 
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