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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 “hosannas” 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.

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
hosannas114361(None) 
hosanna1044061hosanna_
hosannah1441861hosannah
hosannahs1551321hosannahs
goannas836222go_annas
hosannaed1391502hosannaed
annas55824883___annas
asanas6514113_asa_nas
bonanzas1943113bonanzas
cannas84518403__cannas
donnas75511323do__nnas
goanna736653go_anna_
hansas94616043h__ansas
hennas94211803h__ennas
hogans105914313hoga_n_s
honans94814503hona_n_s
hondas10313353ho__ndas
hosannaing1451513hosannaing
hostas94515833hos__tas
hyaenas1334983h_yaenas
joannes1436243jo_annes
johannes1842943johannes
lasagnas943673lasagnas
mannas85019803__mannas
posadas1037193posa_das
rosaceas1043723rosaceas
sangas75222663__sangas
saunas63915433__saunas
savannas1143733savannas
sennas64214233__sennas
sunnas63914563__sunnas

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162317.40619735.6
3Display Results31310.0132384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691317.84222786.4
 
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