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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 “tradesmen” 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.

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
tradesmen124490(None) 
tradesman1244641tradesman
talesmen1047012t_alesmen
tribesmen1342952tribesmen
beadsmen1385883bead_smen
bedesmen1355713_bedesmen
brakemen1644843brake_men
cracksmen1943073cracksmen
craftsmen1672913craftsmen
cragsmen1344763cra_gsmen
dalesmen1146203_dalesmen
draftsmen1552673draftsmen
gamesmen1345113_gamesmen
grantsmen1294643grantsmen
headsmen1465983head_smen
leadsmen1154793lead_smen
radiomen1146633_radiomen
raftsmen1343953_raftsmen
rodsmen1035833_rod_smen
salesmen1047253_salesmen
statesmen1144163statesmen
talesman1046693t_alesman
trackmen1635573tra_ckmen
trades75724503trades___
trainmen1046153tra_inmen
trapesed1136473trapes_ed
trapeses1039153trapes_es
trashmen1346563tra_shmen
trawlermen1551813trawlermen
tribesman1343003tribesman

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 Filter1786911486410.453394461.4
2DLD Change Limit148641307.40620070.3
3Display Results30300.0161875.0
 (SQL Overall)178691307.87522690.9
 
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