Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mean” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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289 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
mean	6	55	3808	(None)
bean	6	64	4386	1	bean
dean	5	60	3948	1	dean
jean	11	66	2928	1	jean
lean	4	63	4524	1	lean
man	5	74	6585	1	m_an
mead	7	55	3160	1	mead
meal	6	56	4317	1	meal
means	7	58	3122	1	means
meant	7	65	3720	1	meant
meany	10	46	2047	1	meany
meat	6	63	5960	1	meat
men	5	92	5284	1	me_n
moan	6	58	3201	1	moan
pean	6	61	4717	1	pean
wean	7	57	3435	1	wean
yean	7	58	3458	1	yean
aeon	4	56	3461	2	aeon
alan	4	68	4408	2	alan
ameban	10	3	909	2	ameban
amen	6	67	3315	2	ame_n
an	2	118	7907	2	__an
azan	13	65	2178	2	azan
ban	5	83	6683	2	_ban
bead	7	59	3792	2	bead
beak	10	65	3438	2	beak
beam	8	69	3923	2	beam
beano	7	54	2155	2	beano
beans	7	57	3469	2	beans
bear	6	68	4464	2	bear
beat	6	61	6830	2	beat
beau	6	61	3727	2	beau
been	6	53	3578	2	been
began	8	63	1957	2	began
bemean	10	4	1068	2	bemean
ben	5	65	5492	2	be_n
bran	6	57	4038	2	bran
can	5	77	6013	2	_can
clan	6	56	3392	2	clan
clean	7	54	2041	2	clean
cyan	9	64	1962	2	cyan
dan	4	68	5966	2	_dan
dead	6	54	3424	2	dead
deaf	8	58	3840	2	deaf
deal	5	63	4741	2	deal
deans	6	61	3139	2	deans
dear	5	53	4360	2	dear
demean	9	5	1056	2	demean
den	4	75	5434	2	de_n
dewan	9	57	1804	2	dewan
ear	3	68	6788	2	_ear
earn	4	67	3755	2	_earn
eat	3	69	8905	2	_eat
eau	3	74	5094	2	_eau
elan	4	67	3424	2	elan
en	2	80	5239	2	_e_n
eon	3	60	5208	2	_eon
ern	3	57	3835	2	_ern
fan	6	71	5885	2	_fan
feal	7	139	4042	2	feal
fear	7	53	3779	2	fear
feat	7	64	5822	2	feat
fen	6	68	5135	2	fe_n
fern	7	61	2932	2	fern
flan	7	61	3418	2	flan
gaen	5	73	2960	2	gaen
gan	4	80	6012	2	_gan
gear	5	59	3497	2	gear
gen	4	59	5051	2	ge_n
glean	6	58	1820	2	glean
gran	5	63	3501	2	gran
guan	5	53	2558	2	guan
haen	7	62	2945	2	haen
head	8	71	3717	2	head
heal	7	56	4569	2	heal
heap	9	64	3289	2	heap
hear	7	61	4388	2	hear
heat	7	70	6142	2	heat
hen	6	75	5527	2	he_n
hern	7	61	3489	2	hern
hewn	10	67	1985	2	hewn
hwan	10	57	1689	2	hwan
jeans	12	60	2211	2	jeans
jeon	11	68	2144	2	jeon
kea	7	65	4091	2	kea_
keas	8	63	3709	2	keas
keen	8	48	3040	2	keen
ken	7	63	4398	2	ke_n
kern	8	53	2621	2	kern
khan	11	58	1914	2	khan
koan	8	54	2503	2	koan
lea	3	76	6018	2	lea_
lead	5	60	3885	2	lead
leaf	7	64	4103	2	leaf
leak	8	62	3371	2	leak
leal	4	60	4327	2	leal
leans	5	55	3625	2	leans
leant	5	67	3778	2	leant
leap	6	60	3268	2	leap
lear	4	70	4595	2	lear
learn	5	53	2266	2	learn
leas	4	59	5418	2	leas
leman	7	56	2260	2	leman
loan	4	74	3645	2	loan
ma	4	100	6065	2	m_a_
maar	6	60	2505	2	maar
mac	7	80	5392	2	m_ac
mad	6	89	5870	2	m_ad
mae	5	76	5910	2	m_ae
maes	6	69	4839	2	maes
mag	6	79	5647	2	m_ag
main	6	53	4550	2	main
mana	6	53	4194	2	m_ana
mane	6	50	5201	2	m_ane
mano	6	65	3679	2	m_ano
mans	6	63	5453	2	m_ans
many	9	57	3184	2	m_any
map	7	72	5511	2	m_ap
mar	5	79	6594	2	m_ar
mas	5	81	7581	2	m_as
mat	5	80	8393	2	m_at
maun	6	57	2720	2	maun
maw	8	70	5009	2	m_aw
mawn	9	44	2413	2	mawn
max	12	90	4544	2	m_ax
may	8	87	5762	2	m_ay
mayan	10	56	1690	2	mayan
me	4	77	4833	2	me__
meads	8	54	2532	2	meads
meals	7	59	3337	2	meals
mealy	10	44	2218	2	mealy
meaner	8	46	1784	2	meaner
meanie	8	37	1839	2	meanie
meanly	11	54	1204	2	meanly
meats	7	50	3405	2	meats
meaty	10	70	2131	2	meaty
med	6	61	4674	2	me_d
medal	8	62	2132	2	medal
median	9	41	1754	2	median
meds	7	57	3536	2	meds
meed	7	49	3470	2	meed
meek	10	56	2483	2	meek
meet	6	53	5055	2	meet
meg	6	60	4095	2	me_g
mega	7	76	2087	2	mega
megs	7	55	3063	2	megs
meiny	10	40	1540	2	meiny
mel	5	60	4748	2	me_l
meld	7	58	3047	2	meld
mell	6	49	3561	2	mell
melon	7	39	2208	2	melon
mels	6	59	4153	2	mels
melt	6	57	5289	2	melt
mem	7	79	4347	2	me_m
meme	8	53	3055	2	meme
memo	8	59	2479	2	memo
mems	8	59	3150	2	mems
menad	8	59	1898	2	menad
mend	7	53	3402	2	mend
meno	6	60	3135	2	meno
menu	6	51	3022	2	menu
meou	6	53	2586	2	meou
meow	9	51	1788	2	meow
merc	8	72	2562	2	merc
mere	6	72	4444	2	mere
merk	10	60	2794	2	merk
merl	6	58	3097	2	merl
merman	10	5	1385	2	merman
mesa	6	70	2548	2	mesa
mesas	7	68	2320	2	mesas
mesh	9	68	2300	2	mesh
mesian	8	43	1550	2	mesian
mesne	7	51	1629	2	mesne
meson	7	41	1831	2	meson
mess	6	59	3243	2	mess
messan	8	39	1206	2	messan
met	5	60	7243	2	me_t
meta	6	59	3241	2	meta
metal	7	54	2738	2	metal
mete	6	44	3813	2	mete
meth	9	58	2784	2	meth
mew	8	61	3773	2	me_w
mewl	9	56	1832	2	mewl
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews
meze	15	44	2090	2	meze
mien	6	50	2835	2	mien
mina	6	51	3690	2	mina
moa	5	72	4918	2	moa_
moans	7	46	2436	2	moans
moas	6	55	4534	2	moas
moat	6	63	5203	2	moat
mon	5	75	6157	2	m_on
moon	6	71	4081	2	moon
morn	6	62	3756	2	morn
mown	9	54	2444	2	mown
mun	5	61	4385	2	m_un
muon	6	57	2273	2	muon
myna	9	58	1529	2	myna
naan	4	76	2193	2	naan
nan	3	78	5487	2	_nan
neap	6	69	2701	2	neap
near	4	52	3650	2	near
neat	4	63	5678	2	neat
neon	4	70	2642	2	neon
ocean	7	12	1296	2	ocean
omen	6	68	2818	2	ome_n
paean	7	72	2272	2	paean
pan	5	84	6644	2	_pan
pea	5	66	5724	2	pea_
peag	7	54	3134	2	peag
peak	10	65	3520	2	peak
peal	6	86	4810	2	peal
peans	7	54	3764	2	peans
pear	6	97	4523	2	pear
peas	6	57	5506	2	peas
peat	6	59	6793	2	peat
pecan	9	19	1903	2	pecan
peen	6	59	3808	2	peen
pein	6	58	3494	2	pein
pekan	11	16	1397	2	pekan
pen	5	65	5884	2	pe_n
peon	6	56	3524	2	peon
pian	6	61	3609	2	pian
plan	6	58	3394	2	plan
quean	14	36	1284	2	quean
ran	3	82	6661	2	_ran
read	5	59	4253	2	read
real	4	57	5029	2	real
ream	6	58	4161	2	ream
reap	6	59	3474	2	reap
rear	4	56	4455	2	rear
redan	6	61	2501	2	redan
rein	4	60	4089	2	rein
reman	7	57	3015	2	reman
reran	5	73	2910	2	reran
rewan	8	56	2366	2	rewan
roan	4	72	3420	2	roan
scan	6	55	3045	2	scan
sea	3	61	6129	2	sea_
seal	4	56	5437	2	seal
seam	6	66	4597	2	seam
sear	4	73	5384	2	sear
seas	4	57	5527	2	seas
seat	4	75	7556	2	seat
sedan	6	56	2042	2	sedan
seen	4	69	4312	2	seen
sen	3	60	5852	2	se_n
sewan	8	59	2129	2	sewan
sewn	7	61	2433	2	sewn
skean	9	44	1562	2	skean
smear	7	44	1639	2	smear
span	6	52	3466	2	span
spean	7	46	2051	2	spean
swan	7	66	3131	2	swan
tan	3	71	6756	2	_tan
tea	3	73	5332	2	tea_
teak	8	59	3084	2	teak
teal	4	55	4650	2	teal
team	6	62	3865	2	team
tear	4	52	4288	2	tear
teas	4	58	5149	2	teas
teat	4	59	6363	2	teat
teen	4	59	3820	2	teen
ten	3	58	5611	2	te_n
tern	4	61	3480	2	tern
than	7	61	2877	2	than
ulan	4	65	2739	2	ulan
van	6	62	4632	2	_van
veal	7	69	3681	2	veal
vegan	9	51	1415	2	vegan
vein	7	56	2575	2	vein
vena	7	61	2629	2	vena
wan	6	67	6193	2	_wan
weak	11	71	2630	2	weak
weal	7	58	3868	2	weal
weans	8	53	2674	2	weans
wear	7	58	3672	2	wear
ween	7	58	3546	2	ween
wen	6	62	4960	2	we_n
yea	6	64	4575	2	yea_
yeah	10	67	2541	2	yeah
yeans	8	66	2488	2	yeans
year	7	65	3425	2	year
yearn	8	63	1643	2	yearn
yeas	7	86	3842	2	yeas
yen	6	68	4738	2	ye_n
yuan	7	61	2001	2	yuan
zeal	13	55	3033	2	zeal
zein	13	56	2060	2	zein

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	29872	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	29872	289	0.940	31778.7
3	Display Results	289	289	0.060	4816.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	289	1.076	166069.7