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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 “townsman” 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.

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
townsman134410(None) 
gownsman1443451gownsman
townsmen1344071townsmen
gownsmen1443372gownsmen
tongman1037572to_ngman
townswoman1852222townswoman
boatsman1245703boatsman
bondman1238043bo_ndman
bondsman1345693bondsman
bowman13129853bow__man
clansman1245813clansman
corpsman1445133corpsman
cowman13910373cow__man
downspin1443733downspin
foilsman1353773foilsman
kinsman1335963_kinsman
lensman937563_lensman
newsman1245503new_sman
nonman8412363no_n_man
oarsman937733_oarsman
pointman1244803pointman
reinsman1045833reinsman
rodsman1036653ro_dsman
roundsman1243423roundsman
soundman1144713soundman
talesman1046693talesman
talisman1045553talisman
tinman82411143t_in_man
tollman935863to_llman
toman75724053to___man
tongmen1037123to_ngmen
towns86018883towns___
townscape1652953townscape
township1645463township
townswomen1852773townswomen
townwear1442293townwear
woodsman1444793woodsman

Search took 7 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162376.25023385.9
3Display Results37370.0132846.2
 (SQL Overall)178691376.66926794.3
 
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