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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 “alexanders” 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.

27 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
alexanders184244(None) 
alexander1742771alexander_
oleanders1035572ole_anders
alexines15258503alexin_e_s
allemandes13143223allemande_s
amenders11288353ame__nders
auslanders1143363auslanders
blenders115210993ble__nders
calamanders1662913calamanders
calenders1237403cale__nders
cleaners103610543cle_an_ers
cleansers11335073cle_ansers
demanders13247573_demanders
expanders19125093__expanders
glanders103811503gl__anders
gleaners9348073gle_an_ers
landers84026213_l__anders
leaders83819603_le_a_ders
leaners73718173_le_an_ers
lenders84419643_le__nders
levanters1254993_levanters
malanders1237023mal__anders
meanders1168833_me_anders
oleander936403ole_ander_
pleaders113210183ple_a_ders
salamanders1462203salamanders
slanders94014013sl__anders

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 Filter1786911406030.420425454.8
2DLD Change Limit140603276.06323190.3
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691276.48327563.0
 
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