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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 “paeans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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85 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
paeans8511826(None) 
paean77222721paean_
paeons83915521paeons
paesans93312691paesans
pagans95717921pagans
pavans115715591pavans
peans75437641p_eans
aeons57624652_aeons
alans55636172_alans
azans146516882_azans
beans75734692_beans
cleans85817052cleans
damans94715982damans
deans66131392_deans
faenas94412762faenas
gleans75014742gleans
hazans183411652hazans
japans1539822japans
jawans1657842jawans
jeans126022112_jeans
lagans75717782lagans
lauans65113532lauans
leans55536252_leans
means75831232_means
naans55815252na_ans
oceans81211002oceans
pacas96029402paca_s
paeanism1248702paeanism
paeon74819492paeon_
paesan85114092paesan_
paesani9348682paesani
paesano9338792paesano
paesanos10296702paesanos
pagan86121162pagan_
pageant10312782pageant
pageants1136692pageants
pains75138282pa_ins
paisans93614752paisans
palais8420422palais
pampeans1444702pampeans
pans65855732p__ans
papains11312362papains
papas94927492papa_s
papaws13419112papaws
parang93715512parang
parangs104314372parangs
paras76143042para_s
parians93519732parians
partans94418282partans
patens84820862patens
patins87528782patins
pavan106518472pavan_
pavane114113442pavane
pavanes123612652pavanes
pavins114919662pavins
pawns108818132pa_wns
peags86122842p_eags
peaks114825622p_eaks
peals75235492p_eals
pean66147172p_ean_
pears75138612p_ears
peas65755062p_ea_s
peats76140192p_eats
pecans101515832pecans
peens76428192p_eens
peins76128062p_eins
pekans121710552pekans
pens65649642p_e_ns
peons75327182p_eons
pians75126962p_ians
plans75731272p_lans
platans93413122platans
pleads94613952pleads
pleas75627032plea_s
pleats85218592pleats
pleons84213342pleons
preens85020112preens
pyrans11411062pyrans
queans153110752queans
ratans63819372ratans
sarans64224432sarans
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 Filter178691825510.326548131.9
2DLD Change Limit82551852.54632423.8
3Display Results85850.0332575.8
 (SQL Overall)178691852.90561511.5
 
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