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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 “statesmen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 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
statesmen114416(None) 
statesman1144401statesman
salesmen1047252s_alesmen
statement1148792state_ment
talesmen1047012_talesmen
batsmen1146883_bat_smen
boatsmen1245283boat_smen
dalesmen1146203_dalesmen
deathsmen1543033deathsmen
gamesmen1345113_gamesmen
gatemen1047603_gate_men
salesman1047353s_alesman
sateen63815013s_ate__en
spacemen1445413space_men
spokesmen1742543spokesmen
stablemen1343923stablemen
stamen84115943sta___men
statelier945653statelier
statements1256883state_ments
states64337083states___
stateside1044453stateside
statesmanly1671473statesmanly
statism9412283statism__
statisms1039543statism_s
statuses8409543status_es
steersmen1143233steersmen
talesman1046693_talesman
tradesmen1244903tradesmen
watermen1377613_watermen

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641296.87621617.4
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691297.31224438.0
 
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