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

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

27 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
samaritan114418(None) 
samaritans1242931samaritans
acaridan1165233_acaridan
amanita9310453_amanita_
amanitas1048533_amanitas
amanitin1048463_amanitin
amrita8411133_am_rita_
amritas939093_am_ritas
hamartia13115953hamartia_
hamartias14115363hamartias
malarian10311563malari_an
marital92314183__marital
martian93514683__martian
sacristan1143573sa_cristan
salariat8416303salari_at
salariats947823salariats
salaryman1462653salaryman
samara8313853samar__a_
samaras9312913samar__as
samarium1257283samari_um
samariums1345133samariums
saurian739913sa_uri_an
savarin10310003savari__n
shaitan1036893s_ha_itan
smarten9348863s_mar_ten
spartan948333s_par_tan
tamarin9311923tamari__n

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 Filter1786911486410.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit148641276.61022487.3
3Display Results27270.0161687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691277.04925349.8
 
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