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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 “hyena” 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.

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
hyena1181025(None) 
hyaena1235361hyaena
hyenas1288951hyenas
arena55323812arena
eyen76223662eyen_
faena85014202faena
frena85915272frena
haen76229452haen_
hen67555272h_en_
henna84414042henna
hens75642572h_ens
hent76656382h_ent
hryvna1541572hryvna
hyaenas1334982hyaenas
hydra12249222hydra
hyenic1438722hyenic
hyetal1236542hyetal
hying126514742hying
hyla106716512hy_la
hymen13311042hymen_
hymenal1545182hymenal
hymenia1546392hymenia
hymens1437992hymens
hymn12311312hymn_
hymnal1434912hymnal
hymns1337522hymns
hypha1637382hypha
myna95815302my_na
plena75816392plena
scena74815782scena
veena81912322veena
vena76126292_vena
yea66445752_ye_a
yean75834582_yean
yen66847382_yen_
yens75832262_yens
yenta83917042_yenta

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.0762351197.4
2DLD Change Limit53800371.51635488.1
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691371.608111126.2
 
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