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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 “paesan” 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.

31 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
paesan8511409(None) 
paean77222721pae_an
paesani9348681paesani
paesano9338791paesano
paesans93312691paesans
paisan84417071paisan
caesar8410932caesar
paeans85118262pae_ans
paeon74819492pae_on
paesanos10296702paesanos
pagan86121162pa_gan
paisa76021072paisa_
paisana94010222paisana
paisano9429512paisano
paisans93614752paisans
paisas84317492paisas
parian83223962parian
parmesan1244752parmesan
parson83817902parson
partan83820562partan
passant9813942passant
pausal81511962pausal
pavan106518472pa_van
pean66147172p_e_an
peasant9314922peasant
peasen84815962peasen
pecan91919032p_ecan
pekan111613972p_ekan
preman104117452preman
presa74319042presa_
ptisan8417972ptisan

Search took 6 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 Filter178691825510.686260482.5
2DLD Change Limit82551315.01616457.5
3Display Results31310.0301033.3
 (SQL Overall)178691315.73231174.3
 
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