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

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

40 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
octan7131348(None) 
cotan71521781cotan
ocean71212961ocean
octad81510651octad
octal71214721octal
octane81411631octane
octans81411141octans
octant81216551octant
acta69524802acta_
actin74922552actin
can57760142_c_an
clan65633922_clan
cotans81317922cotans
cyan96419622_cyan
lochan1139092lochan
oaten55222402oaten
obtain839182obtain
oca56731732oc_a_
ocas66729632oc_as
oceans81211002oceans
octads987332octads
octagon1045242octagon
octanes91111392octanes
octanol944742octanol
octants9128732octants
octave11157342octave
octavo11124782octavo
octet7324062octet
octyl10136062octyl
often84611412often
organ6915392organ
ottar54313992ottar
outman83115032outman
outran63218892outran
ratan53722662ratan
scan65530452sc_an
socman1039812socman
tan37167582__tan
titan53318172titan
witan83816502witan

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800401.72031279.1
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691402.04987208.9
 
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