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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
nirvanas114251(None) 
nirvana1042841nirvana_
nirvanic1342252nirvanic
piranas9912602pir_anas
birianis1056343birianis
biryanis1344043biryanis
corvinas13238023corvinas
divans104612393di_van_s
firmans12238523firman_s
harianas1139163harianas
hiraganas1342673hiraganas
iguanas835383_iguanas
lianas63713383li__anas
naganas847983n_aganas
nanas55928633n___anas
nervines112310463nervines
nervings12256323nervings
norlands936443norlands
novenas1036893n_ovenas
pirana8713263pir_ana_
piranhas13135873pir_anhas
pirayas1277483pir_ayas
puranas9712643pur_anas
ruanas6311263__ruanas
sardanas937823sardanas
servants1138003servants
silvans10308333silvan_s
tartanas8258893tartanas

Search took 10 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 Limit146162289.48615408.2
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691289.90518040.5
 
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