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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 “seaman” 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.

53 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
seaman8401590(None) 
seamen84518561seamen
seawan94111221seawan
shaman113314281shaman
ataman81013062ataman
beadman12249152beadman
daman84821162_daman
deadman11238422deadman
desman9311692desman
german9611982german
headman13229632headman
hetman112510602hetman
leadman10237842leadman
legman949652legman
leman75622602le_man
meatman1137902meatman
merman10513862merman
penman10312322penman
reman75730152re_man
sagaman10117562sagaman
sampan102511892s_ampan
saran53730302s_aran
seabag938472seabag
sealant73118302sealant
seam66645972seam__
seamanly1345402seamanly
seamark1336722seamark
seamed94823882seamed
seamer84223612seamer
seaming103222112seaming
seams75731662seam_s
seamy105921272seam_y
season62714902season
seawans10379942seawans
seawant103613412seawant
seaway12309992seaway
sedan65620422se_dan
seedman1037372seedman
seitan62613232seitan
semen75724102se_men
sermon8413552sermon
sewan85921292se_wan
sextan13389642sextan
shamans123610902shamans
shamas113717942shamas
siamang1045332siamang
skyman1535312skyman
socman1039812socman
soman75024902s_oman
spearman1244942spearman
stamen84115942stamen
swagman1334912swagman
yeoman1138822yeoman

Search took 7 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 Filter178691825510.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit82551536.14013444.8
3Display Results53530.0163312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691536.53227356.2
 
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