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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 “tarlatans” 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.

28 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
tarlatans94435(None) 
tarlatan845061tarlatan_
tarletans944651tarletans
charlatans1542972charlatans
tarletan845542tarletan_
tartans72615822tar__tans
balatas9311833ba_lata_s
caravans1338623car_avans
charlatan1443543charlatan_
harmattans1572603harmattans
palatals1037773pa_latals
partans94418283par__tans
platans93413123__platans
ratans63819373__r_atans
tailfans1144553tail_fans
taramas9612703tar_ama_s
tarantas839193taranta_s
tarnations1038903tarnations
tarpans92513533tar__pans
tarragons1044483tarragons
tartan64217513tar__tan_
tartana73010193tar__tana
tartanas8258893tar__tanas
tartars73313403tar__tars
tarzans16329923tar__zans
threatens1254673threatens
trapans92812463t_r_apans
triptans1047363t_riptans

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 Filter1786911486410.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit148641287.40620070.3
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691287.85822740.0
 
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