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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 “airman” 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.

35 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
airman8241422(None) 
aidman92410621aidman
airmen82612351airmen
firman112211341firman
adman84517902a_dman
aidmen92610372aidmen
airbag956962airbag
airmail946212airmail
airn46433832air__n
airway1237692airway
airwoman1344672airwoman
ashman1148382ashman
ataman81013062ataman
atman75520142a_tman
axeman1538102axeman
axman144813182a_xman
barman103519702barman
birdman1236672birdman
caiman103615662cai_man
carman103920742carman
chairman15106382chairman
dairyman1443492dairyman
fireman1249332fireman
firmans12238522firmans
german9611982german
hitman112710222hitman
kirkman1243772kirkman
liman75921602li_man
mailman1137732mailman
merman10513862merman
oilman839482oilman
pitman102412122pitman
tinman82411142tinman
titman82711002titman
wireman1237842wireman

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551352.87328733.4
3Display Results35350.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691353.21655563.1
 
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