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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 “samba” 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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80 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
samba9561877(None) 
gamba106018511gamba
mamba116317521mamba
sambal105215181sambal
sambar103914161sambar
sambas104219261sambas
sambo95118011sambo
aba512850952_a_ba
abba810522652_abba
alba68328332_alba
ama510853302_am_a
ambo88225142_ambo
ameba9312382_ameba
amia66836902_amia
baba88828352ba_ba
cambia124913152cambia
gama77035522gam_a
gamb96331842gamb_
gambas115817512gambas
gambe106219212gambe
gambia115912252gambia
gambs105721122gambs
gamma106116102gamma
hamza19139772hamza
iamb86623732iamb_
iambi95512222iambi
iambs95815062iambs
jamb155523852jamb_
jambe165314752jambe
jambs166014622jambs
lama66635292lam_a
lamb86832142lamb_
lambda1146112lambda
lambs95921412lambs
lamby125114842lamby
lamia75324322lamia
limba95414982limba
mama86231592mam_a
mambas125716242mambas
mambo115215742mambo
mamma86317912mamma
pampa114913422pampa
rambla103510932rambla
rumba93612512rumba
sab56563202sa_b_
sabal75422482sa_bal
sabbat10314712sabbat
sabe66140572sa_be
sabra75317852sabra
sabs66643742sa_bs
sacra74516992sacra
saga55331172sa_ga
saiga64717932saiga
salpa75018352salpa
salsa56718922salsa
samara8313852samara
sambaed1238302sambaed
sambals115213482sambals
sambars115113842sambars
sambhar1444852sambhar
sambos104315192sambos
sambuca1344342sambuca
sambur10469502sambur
same65245642sam_e
samek114915272samek
samosa8510202samosa
samp85733592sam_p
sampan102511892sampan
samps96124672samps
sanga66023792sanga
sauna54117552sauna
scuba94211592scuba
sima64730782sim_a
soba64927922s_oba
soma65635292som_a
suba64926602s_uba
summa94713312summa
tambac122210242tambac
tambak14249262tambak
zamia165115212zamia

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit53800801.62333148.5
3Display Results80800.0332424.2
 (SQL Overall)178691801.96990752.2
 
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