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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 “seawan” 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.

31 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
seawan9411122(None) 
seaman84015901seaman
seawans10379941seawans
seawant103613411seawant
seaway12309991seaway
sewan85921291se_wan
deewan10267552deewan
dewan95718042de_wan
jawan15710382_jawan
rewan85623662re_wan
saran53730302s_aran
sawn75428162s_aw_n
seabag938472seabag
sealant73118302sealant
seamen84518562seamen
season62714902season
seawall1046202seawall
seawants11337972seawants
seaward1148182seaward
seaware1049632seaware
seaways13307512seaways
sedan65620422se_dan
seitan62613232seitan
sewans95215902se_wans
sewar85421102se_war
sewn76124332se_w_n
sextan13389642sextan
shaman113314282shaman
shawn116417612shaw_n
spawn107811712spaw_n
swan76631312s__wan

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 Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551312.45333653.1
3Display Results31310.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691312.81363523.3
 
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