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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 “captan” 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.

35 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
captan10161334(None) 
caftan111710121caftan
capstan1137901capstan
captain112111061captain
captans111612051captans
apian75018332_apian
cabman123812502cabman
caftans12179442caftans
caiman103615662caiman
callan83619602callan
cancan10314102cancan
cantal84122032cantal
canton85722992canton
capelan1139002capelan
capias10318352capias
capita102913772capita_
capital112311522capital
caplin103216302caplin
capon95221872cap_on
capstans1257242capstans
captains121810572captains
caption113513692caption
captor104914602captor
carman103920742carman
carton84522662carton
cayman133613212cayman
chapman1637892chapman
cotan71521782c_otan
hapten115312982hapten
japan14411232jap_an
kaftan13185822kaftan
partan83820562partan
ratan53722662ra_tan
rattan63613602rattan
tartan64217512tartan

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.67030918.0
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691353.06258357.6
 
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