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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 “ankus” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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

55 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
ankus9141068(None) 
ankhs12116721ankhs
ankush13114431ankush
anus47131111an_us
aeneus61111142aeneus
amus65529612a_mus
anas46649862an_as
ands57833612an_ds
anes45255932an_es
angas65827982angas
anils56326722anils
animus84211612animus
anis45746462an_is
ankh111114412ank_h
ankle95220252ankle
ankles104818382ankles
ankuses1148202ankuses
anlas55626932anlas
annas55824882annas
annul55813382annul
annuls64711732annuls
anoas57226492anoas
antas55432032antas
antes56334322antes
antis55033312antis
ants47243472an_ts
arcus76918862arcus
argus66716542argus
arks85936872ark_s
ascus75013582ascus
askos95011772askos
asks85721212ask_s
auks85525262auk_s
banks115527902bank_s
cantus85117762cantus
gnus56518002gn_us
haikus13538292haikus
hakus125114112hakus
hanks126226862hank_s
incus73315052incus
inks86926502ink_s
jukus16398672jukus
kanzus1944602kanzus
manus75924932man_us
nous46136982_nous
nus37939392_n_us
onus45826812on_us
rakus94413672rakus
ranks95225732rank_s
tankas104613762tankas
tanks94624732tank_s
unaus53216572unaus
uncus74014982uncus
wanks126124482wank_s
yanks125316572yank_s

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800551.51635488.1
3Display Results55550.0134230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691551.605111334.0
 
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