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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 “fans” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

31 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
fans7624737(None) 
bans66555141bans
cans65050851cans
dans56748151dans
fabs98635861fabs
fads86939871fads
fags86939121fags
fan67158861fan_
fane75343571fane
fanes84639891fanes
fang85432551fang
fangs96224071fangs
fano75831691fano
fanos85926501fanos
fas68262931fa_s
fats76252501fats
fauns84516751fauns
fawns115914261fawns
fays108535361fays
fens76139761fens
fins75849091fins
flans85327971flans
fons76943891fons
funs75235731funs
mans66354551mans
nans46139401nans
pans65855731pans
sans45153361sans
tans46154821tans
vans76236731vans
wans76452271wans

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983310.21664736.1
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691310.295605732.2
 
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