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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 “potman” 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.

37 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
potman10281357(None) 
pitman102412121pitman
postman112410041postman
potmen102713091potmen
atman75520142_atman
batman105214062batman
boatman1147052boatman
bowman13129852bowman
cotan71521782cot_an
cowman13910372cowman
dolman95312402dolman
foeman11311232foeman
footman1236402footman
hetman112510602hetman
hitman112710222hitman
nonman8412362nonman
outman83115032outman
penman10312322penman
pitmans11188742pitmans
pitmen102510792pitmen
pivotman1542052pivotman
plowman1444932plowman
pointman1244802pointman
postmen113110422postmen
poteen83514262poteen
potion84519572potion
preman104117452preman
propman1339062propman
protean92412192protean
ptomain1146962ptomain
rodman949712rodman
roman75424822ro_man
socman1039812socman
soman75024902so_man
titman82711002titman
toman75724052to_man
woman105818002wo_man

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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551372.39034540.2
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691372.76664602.7
 
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