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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 “japan” 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.

54 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
japan1441123(None) 
japans1539821japans
jawan15710381jawan
alan46844082_alan
apian75018332_apian
azan136521782_azan
capon95221872capon
captan101613342captan
daman84821162daman
hapax1739322hapax
hazan173813612hazan
jacal14313702jacal
jacana1537932jacana
jalap143612472jalap
jape134923422jap_e
japed156217632japed
japer146218882japer
japes146322822japes
japing165013572japing
java147316642java_
javas155915422javas
jawans1657842jawans
jean116629282j_ean
jupon14479192jupon
kapa106021292kapa_
kapas116021732kapas
lagan66520342lagan
lapin75222922lapin
lauan55216792lauan
mayan105616902mayan
naan47621932na_an
napa66927262napa_
napas75924352napas
paean77222722paean
pagan86121162pagan
pan58466452__pan
papa85827142papa_
papain10313792papain
papal95820672papal
papas94927492papas
papaw125112492papaw
pavan106518472pavan
ratan53722662ratan
sampan102511892sampan
saran53730302saran
span65234662_span
taipan82410662taipan
tampan102512322tampan
tapa65129142tapa_
tapas74627712tapas
tarpan82814292tarpan
trapan82412972trapan
ulpan7310122ulpan
yapon104613582yapon

Search took 2 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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800541.65632487.9
3Display Results54540.0163375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691541.96890798.3
 
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