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

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73 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
piranha1212636(None) 
pirana8713261piran_a
piranhas13135871piranhas
piragua1044642piragua
piranas9912602piranas
piraya1167712pira_ya
purana8712932puran_a
agrapha1345133agrapha
apimania1245473apimania
crania82418433_crania
epicrania1353793epicrania
farinha13357063farinha
grana65722093_gran_a
liana53915893li_an_a
maranta9311693maranta
nirvana1042843nirvan_a
pacha126518063p__acha
paisana94010223paisan_a
panda85022613p__anda
panga85323533p__anga
parang93715513paran_g
parangs104314373parangs
paranoea1048563paranoea
paranoia10410563paranoia
paraph13311263paraph_
paraphs1439313paraphs
parashah1646453parashah
pasha105417183p__asha
perinea9313033perinea
pian66136093pi_an__
pianic103714123pi_anic
piano76118713pi_an_o
pianos84315933pi_anos
pians75126963pi_an_s
piazza1643823pi_azza
picacho1644733picacho
picante11310523picante
picara10311903pica_ra
pina65842633pi__n_a
pinang92611593pinan_g
pinangs10267793pinangs
pinata83817223pina_ta
pinna75320183pi__nna
pinta75727053pi__nta
piracy1339473pira_cy
piraguas1144453piraguas
pirate82322883pira_te
pirated102515613pirated
pirates93020333pirates
piratic11314293piratic
pirayas1277483pirayas
pirn67128373pir_n__
pirns76020093pir_n_s
piroghi13303843piroghi
pitaya1186603pita_ya
prahu105013973p_ra_hu
prajna1535073p_rajna
prance104318573p_rance
prang84820323p_ran_g
prangs94816233p_rangs
prank115019453p_ran_k
pranks124814723p_ranks
puranas9712643puranas
puranic11410483puranic
pyran10514473pyran__
pyrans11411063pyran_s
spiraea9407983spira_ea
spirant9814293spiran_t
spirants1088283spirants
sradha1085333_sradha
titania738293titania
urania62516123_urania
veranda1156323veranda

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911340270.390458182.1
2DLD Change Limit134027737.14318763.4
3Display Results73730.0135615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691737.54623680.2
 
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