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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 “bangtail” 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.

38 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
bangtail114435(None) 
bangtails1243591bangtails
brantail1046892bran_tail
fantail10310232fan_tail
hangnail1253662hangnail
ringtail944722ringtail
wagtail1145042wa_gtail
abigail1044193abig_ail
agnail739533_a_gnail
banal75925993ban__a_l
bandaid11310483ban_daid
bantam10314063ban_ta_m
bantams1149063ban_tams
banzai1737653ban_zai_
banzais1837163ban_zais
bargain1079063barg_ain
blacktail1743753blacktail
bobtail1146553b_obtail
brantails1146313bran_tails
bucktail1653913bucktail
cantal84122033can_ta_l
cattail939183ca_ttail
engrail846263_engrail
entail61114343_en_tail
fantails1139693fan_tails
ganglial1054663ganglial
handrail1247303handrail
hangnails1353003hangnails
hangtag1244533hangta_g
hangtags1344163hangtags
lanital7310913lanita_l
pigtail1046623_pigtail
pintail9311183pin_tail
ponytail1344553ponytail
rattail737803ra_ttail
ringtails1044443ringtails
ventail10310453ven_tail
wagtails1244443wa_gtails

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162386.48322545.4
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691386.92225814.9
 
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