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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 “bangtails” 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.

33 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
bangtails124359(None) 
bangtail1144351bangtail_
brantails1146312bran_tails
fantails1139692fan_tails
hangnails1353002hangnails
ringtails1044442ringtails
wagtails1244442wa_gtails
abigails1143333abig_ails
agnails837003_a_gnails
bantams1149063ban_ta_ms
banties94324763ban_t_ies
banzais1837163ban_zai_s
bargains1178643barg_ains
blacktails1843683blacktails
bobtails1245193b_obtails
brantail1046893bran_tail_
bucktails1743553bucktails
cantals93919573can_ta_ls
cattails1038553ca_ttails
engrails945383_engrails
entails7912823_en_tails
fantail10310233fan_tail_
handrails1346513handrails
hangnail1253663hangnail_
hangtags1344163hangta_gs
lanitals837723lanita_ls
pigtails1146033_pigtails
pintails10310163pin_tails
ponytails1443653ponytails
rattails837133ra_ttails
ringtail944723ringtail_
ventails1139823ven_tails
wagtail1145043wa_gtail_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911486410.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit148641337.76619140.0
3Display Results33330.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691338.28221575.8
 
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