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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 “pitman” 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.

41 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
pitman10241212(None) 
hitman112710221hitman
pitmans11188741pitmans
pitmen102510791pitmen
potman102813571potman
titman82711001titman
aidman92410622aidman
airman82414222airman
atman75520142_atman
batman105214062batman
bitmap1235612bitmap
firman112211342firman
hetman112510602hetman
hitmen11239192hitmen
liftman1244062liftman
liman75921602li_man
oilman839482oilman
outman83115032outman
penman10312322penman
pian66136102pi__an
pikeman1535522pikeman
pima85428662pi_ma_
pimas94725102pi_mas
pita65436442pit_a_
pitas77427672pit_as
pitchman1744012pitchman
piton76121582pit_on
pitsaw1135612pitsaw
pitta75018692pitta_
pittas86014522pittas
pivotman1542052pivotman
pointman1244802pointman
postman112410042postman
potmen102713092potmen
preman104117452preman
ptisan8417972ptisan
tinman82411142tinman
titan53318172tit_an
titian62512662titian
titmen8239882titmen
witan83816502wit_an

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551412.45333653.1
3Display Results41410.0162562.5
 (SQL Overall)178691412.81263545.9
 
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