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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 “oceans” 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.

42 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
oceans8121100(None) 
ocean71212961ocean_
octans81411141octans
beans75734692_beans
cans65050852_c_ans
clans75031012_clans
cleans85817052cleans
cotans81317922cotans
cyans105714812_cyans
deans66131392_deans
gleans75014742gleans
jeans126022112_jeans
leans55536252_leans
lochans1248832lochans
means75831232_means
obeahs1135862obeahs
ocas66729632oc_a_s
oceanic1146162oceanic
octads987332octads
octan71313482octan_
octane81411632octane
octanes91111392octanes
octant81216552octant
octants9128732octants
odeons739022odeons
oleins6313522oleins
omens75618962ome_ns
opens76118552ope_ns
orceins937742orceins
oreads73915772oreads
organs7912912organs
ovens86217452ove_ns
paeans85118262paeans
peans75437642_peans
pecans101515832pecans
queans153110752queans
scans74625102sc_ans
scenas84114702scenas
skeans104512912skeans
speans85417142speans
weans85326742_weans
yeans86624882_yeans

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.1061685764.2
2DLD Change Limit82551422.45333653.1
3Display Results42420.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691422.55969828.4
 
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