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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 “bwanas” 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.

42 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
bwanas115744(None) 
bwana10310241bwana_
anas46649862__anas
asanas6514112asanas
baas66844672b_a_as
babas96325732b_abas
balas76937212b_alas
banal75925992b_anal
bananas93312222bananas
bandas95120542b_andas
bands85233432b_ands
banes74945582b_anes
bangs85627782b_angs
banks115527902b_anks
banns75321232b_anns
bans66555142b_an_s
beanos85516512beanos
beans75734692bean_s
bhangs12449662bhangs
blanks124112892blanks
brands95118942brands
branks124817382branks
brans75437432bran_s
brants85723052brants
bravas114913322bravas
brazas175812432brazas
bunas75126572b_unas
jnanas13207302jnanas
kanas95326912_kanas
kwanzas2342052kwanzas
lianas63713382lianas
manas76240432_manas
nanas55928632_nanas
ruanas6311262ruanas
swanks134811562swanks
swans84625012swan_s
twangs10358102twangs
wands96425482_wands
wanes85040882_wanes
wanks126124482_wanks
wans76452272_wan_s
wants87932212_wants

Search took 3 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 Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551422.35635038.6
3Display Results42420.0162625.0
 (SQL Overall)178691422.71865743.6
 
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