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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 “hen” 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.

33 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
hen6755527(None) 
ben56554921ben
den47554341den
en28052391_en
fen66851351fen
gen45950511gen
haen76229451haen
he58151951he_
heh96039621heh
hem86148731hem
hens75642571hens
hent76656381hent
hep86644141hep
her66547811her
hern76134891hern
hes66654201hes
het67674311het
hew97642721hew
hewn106719851hewn
hex137436171hex
hey96741061hey
hin67559561hin
hon67759381hon
hun65844711hun
ken76343981ken
men59252841men
pen56558841pen
sen36058521sen
ten35856111ten
then78429691then
wen66249601wen
when105723041when
yen66847381yen

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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146330.07667710.5
3Display Results33330.0162062.5
 (SQL Overall)178691330.1551152845.2
 
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