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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 “pawnees” 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.

27 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
pawnees1229817(None) 
pawnee113115401pawnee_
pawners124311071pawners
bawbees14337242bawbees
fawners13388492fawners
panels84716522pa_nels
panes76148692pa_n_es
panners93621272panners
pannes85522852pa_nnes
patness92912282patness
pawers114818782paw_ers
pawnages1435312pawnages
pawned124513282pawn_ed
pawner114212922pawn_er
pawnors12297202pawnors
pawns108818132pawn__s
payees114812902pa_yees
pewees11311392pew_ees
prawners1346002prawners
ranees64623962ra_nees
rawness1038152rawness
sawneys13274642sawneys
spawners13396492spawners
tawneys13324772tawneys
tawnies102812502tawnies
townees10269782townees
yawners13367182yawners

Search took 4 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 Filter1786911076710.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit107671273.09634777.5
3Display Results27270.0132076.9
 (SQL Overall)178691273.48251318.5
 
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