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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 “spaceman” 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.

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
spaceman144532(None) 
spacemen1445411spacemen
packman1736692_packman
placeman1445682placeman
spaceband1642312spaceband
axeman1538103__axeman
baseman1138553_baseman
brakeman1644313brakeman
caveman1437073_caveman
coachman1744983coachman
gateman1057473_gateman
hackman1836433_hackman
iceman1037853__iceman
packmen1746313_packmen
paean77222723_pa_e_an
paesan85114093_pa_esan
pikeman1535523_pikeman
placemen1445783placemen
preman104117453_p_reman
sagaman10117563s_agaman
salesman1047353s_alesman
sandman10310173s_andman
saucepan1242533saucepan
scalepan1244513scalepan
seaman84015903sea__man
shaman113314283sha__man
sideman1037973s_ideman
sockman1535663s_ockman
socman1039813s_oc_man
sokeman1337263s_okeman
space95325673space___
spacebands1752273spacebands
spaced114517253space__d
spacer104917793space__r
spacers113813873space_rs
spaces104722633space__s
spacewalk2052463spacewalk
spaceward1743073spaceward
spacey136212533space__y
spacial1138763spac_ial
spartan948333spa_rtan
spean74620513sp__e_an
spearman1244943spearman
specimen1444423specimen
spelean937123spele_an
spokesman1742843spokesman
stableman1343133stableman
statesman1144403statesman
stickman1643943stickman
stockman1644143stockman
swagman1334913swa_gman
trackman1645403trackman
whaleman1643973whaleman

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit146162537.79618748.3
3Display Results53530.0301766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691538.23221706.9
 
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