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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 “helmsmen” 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.

37 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
helmsmen155284(None) 
helmsman1553501helmsman
almsmen1144582_almsmen
headsmen1465982headsmen
herdsmen1464832herdsmen
almsman1145093_almsman
beadsmen1385883beadsmen
bedesmen1355713bedesmen
bellmen1138143bel_lmen
chessmen1544463che_ssmen
dalesmen1146203dalesmen
fieldsmen1542323fieldsmen
headmen13259513he_admen
headsman1446353headsman
hegumen1355463he_gumen
helmed124513693hel__med
helmet113718933hel__met
helmeted1435833helmeted
helms105619463helms___
hemmed144211463he_m_med
hemmer134112643he_m_mer
hempen1338963he_m_pen
henchmen1844453henchmen
herdmen13238453he_rdmen
herdsman1465643herdsman
huntsmen1343273huntsmen
leadsmen1154793leadsmen
lensmen937883le_nsmen
messmen1137393me_ssmen
newsmen1235893ne_wsmen
reinsmen1047073reinsmen
salesmen1047253salesmen
seedsmen1144303seedsmen
talesmen1047013talesmen
telemen9310173tel_emen
velamen1237123vel_amen
wheelsmen1742083wheelsmen

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.436409841.7
2DLD Change Limit146162377.23620199.3
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691377.67223291.3
 
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