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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 “japans” 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.

43 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
japans153982(None) 
japan14411231japan_
jawans1657841jawans
alans55636172_alans
azans146516882_azans
capons104119502capons
captans111612052captans
damans94715982damans
hazans183411652hazans
jacals1539872jacals
jacana1537932jacana
jacanas1638262jacanas
jalaps15299182jalaps
japers154616172japers
japes146322822jap_es
japing165013572japing
javas155915422java_s
jawan15710382jawan_
jeans126022112j_eans
jupons15377802jupons
kapas116021732kapa_s
lagans75717782lagans
lapins84520682lapins
lauans65113532lauans
naans55815252na_ans
napas75924352napa_s
paeans85118262paeans
pagans95717922pagans
pans65855732__pans
papains11312362papains
papas94927492papa_s
papaws13419112papaws
pavans115715592pavans
ratans63819372ratans
sampans112411002sampans
sarans64224432sarans
spans74528732_spans
taipans9269552taipans
tampans113310982tampans
tapas74627712tapa_s
tarpans92513532tarpans
trapans92812462trapans
yapons114411772yapons

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 Limit82551432.82629211.3
3Display Results43430.0162687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691433.21855528.6
 
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