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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 “sampans” 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.

30 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
sampans11241100(None) 
sampan102511891sampan_
tampans113310981tampans
damans94715982dam_ans
dampens12348562dampens
japans1539822ja_pans
lampads12477622lampads
lampas106615952lampa_s
pampas124913992pampa_s
pampeans1444702pampeans
rampant11312172rampant
salpas85116922salpa_s
salpians1036762salpians
saltpans1034812saltpans
sambals115213482sambals
sambars115113842sambars
sambas104219262samba_s
samples112815452samples
samps96124672samp__s
sarans64224432sa_rans
shamans123610902sham_ans
simians959202simians
somans84619302som_ans
spans74528732s__pans
swanpans1343422swanpans
taipans9269552taipans
tampan102512322tampan_
tampons112711562tampons
tarpans92513532tarpans
tympans14236812tympans

Search took 5 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 Filter1786911076710.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit107671303.60629858.8
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691303.99844695.1
 
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