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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 “callan” 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.

58 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
callan8361960(None) 
calla74827071calla_
callans94518471callans
callant94121221callant
callas84526751callas
lallan63414171lallan
alan46844082_a_lan
allay85620392_allay
ballad94315322ballad
ballon84117492ballon
cabman123812502cabman
caftan111710122caftan
caiman103615662caiman
calcar10312752calcar
calkin123515492calkin
call66838672call__
callants104112142callants
called94126732called
callee84327292callee
caller85125482caller
callet84536762callet
calling103826772calling
callow114714662callow
calls75634732call_s
callus85317072callus
calpac123211062calpac
calpain11310412calpain
cancan10314102cancan
capelan1139002capelan
caplin103216302caplin
captan101613342captan
carlin84421822carlin
carman103920742carman
catlin83819082catlin
cayman133613212cayman
cella75420312cella_
cellae84915932cellae
cellar84514982cellar
challa114014192challa_
challah15458322challah
challas124414122challas
clan65633922c__lan
clean75420412c_lean
collar83816172collar
cullay113910172cullay
fallal93612692fallal
fallen93813372fallen
gallant83517112gallant
gallon73715812gallon
hallah124115402hallah
hallal94415562hallal
kalian10312162kalian
lalland83810182lalland
lallans74113532lallans
raglan73711502raglan
walla85321032walla_
wallah124011992wallah
wallas95719392wallas

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551582.44033832.4
3Display Results58580.0134461.5
 (SQL Overall)178691582.77964300.5
 
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