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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 “banksias” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
banksias144589(None) 
banksia1335941banksia_
babesias1246112babesias
bankits133410152bank_its
bankside15115652bankside
banksides16104852banksides
abasias9711013_abasias
abrosias1049033abrosias
agnosias947243agnosias
amnesias1047833amnesias
amusias938583_amusias
anemias92512143_anemias
anopias92412483_anopias
anopsias10337983_anopsias
anosmias1056083_anosmias
anoxias14259113_anoxias
anurias7312253_anurias
babesia1146623babesia_
babkas146010143babk__as
babysits15143543babysits
backfits19106953backfits
backsaw1836203backs_aw
backsaws1946803backsaws
backseat1648903backseat
backseats1746673backseats
backsets1638853backsets
backside17108143backside
backsides1887693backsides
backslap1844993backslap
backslaps1945253backslaps
backslash2044543backslash
backspins1945703backspins
backstab1845453backstab
backstabs1945473backstabs
backstay1945963backstay
backstays2045653backstays
balsas86417523ba_ls_as
bananas93312223ban_anas
bandanas11178573bandanas
bandas95120543ban__das
bandies104124863ban_dies
bandits103814793ban_dits
bandoras1138743bandoras
bandsaw1334803bands_aw
bandsaws1444623bandsaws
bandsman1346753bandsman
banian8315383ban__ian
banians9312033ban__ians
banishes131812463banishes
bankers133919093bank_ers
banking144621353bank_ing
bankings15489403bankings
bankit123617043bank_i_t
banks115527903bank___s
banshies131110663banshies
banties94324763ban_ties
banzais1837163banzai_s
baptisias1344303baptisias
baristas1039723baristas
basics104915123ba__sics
basils85717473ba__sils
basins85722763ba__sins
basis75429863ba__si_s
camisias12268603camisias
canastas1037693canastas
cassias93514343ca_ssias
fantasias1286993fantasias
funkias1435383funk_ias
gangstas1044403gangstas
hankies143617763hank_ies
hansas94616043han_s_as
magnesias1245693magnesias
manias84029033man__ias
nankins1159053nank_ins
pansies94521983pan_sies
sangrias938373sangrias
tankas104613763tank__as
tankships1844643tankships
tansies74521243tan_sies
tarsias74013373ta_rsias

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.403443402.0
2DLD Change Limit146162807.08020644.4
3Display Results80800.0302666.7
 (SQL Overall)178691807.51323784.2
 
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