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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 “pan” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
pan5846645(None) 
an211879081_an
ban58366841ban
can57760141can
dan46859671dan
fan67158861fan
gan48060131gan
man57465871man
nan37854881nan
pa410456481pa_
pac79054081pac
pad68057321pad
pah88853591pah
pain65647241pain
pal56761671pal
pam77858391pam
pane64950291pane
pang75336291pang
pans65855731pans
pant66061261pant
pap76758401pap
par57467021par
pas58775741pas
pat58089461pat
paw87651171paw
pawn94625301pawn
pax127346851pax
pay88461181pay
pean66147171pean
pen56558841pen
pian66136091pian
pin57066721pin
plan65833941plan
pun58846511pun
ran38266621ran
span65234661span
tan37167571tan
van66246331van
wan66761941wan

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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146390.07667710.5
3Display Results39390.0162437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691390.1381294862.3
 
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