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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 “merchantmen” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 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
merchantmen205189(None) 
merchantman2061571merchantman
merchanted1844482merchant_ed
enchantment1854303_enchantment
merchant1548823merchant___
merchanting1944313merchanting
merchants1646223merchant__s
enchanted1546554_enchant_ed
enchanter1446194_enchant_er
enchantments1953404_enchantments
meatmen1138244me___a_tmen
mechanize2547074me_chanize_
mechanized2745884me_chanized
mechanizer2645044me_chanizer
mechanizes2646774me_chanizes
mercantile1453514merc_antile
mercaptan1552214merc_apt_an
merchandise1952854merchandise
merchandised2152144merchandised
merchandiser2061924merchandiser
merchandises2072894merchandises
merchandize2852684merchandize
merchandized3052314merchandized
merchandizes2952664merchandizes
merchantable2152024merchantable
perchance1866394perchan_ce_

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911488190.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148819268.28017973.3
3Display Results26260.0161625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691268.71920494.4
 
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