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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 “tan” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

39 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
tan3716756(None) 
an211879071_an
ban58366831ban
can57760131can
dan46859661dan
fan67158851fan
gan48060121gan
man57465851man
nan37854871nan
pan58466441pan
ran38266611ran
ta211662451ta_
tab57460321tab
tad47959821tad
tae38267051tae
tag47259491tag
tain45548071tain
taj106442191taj
tam58663421tam
tang56138661tang
tank85134011tank
tans46154811tans
tao38358951tao
tap57663871tap
tar37570691tar
tarn46842721tarn
tas38477101tas
tat37690291tat
tau36856901tau
tav66043211tav
taw610155451taw
tax109449151tax
ten35856111ten
than76128771than
tin36362171tin
ton310265101ton
tun35845191tun
van66246321van
wan66761931wan

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.1731032896.0
2DLD Change Limit5146390.18627666.7
3Display Results39390.0133000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691390.372480352.2
 
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