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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 “panful” 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.

34 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
panful117974(None) 
canful11610261canful
manful11610211manful
painful1246411painful
panfuls1237181panfuls
annul55813382_annul
awful1178142_awful
bagful1237212bagful
baneful1237892baneful
canfuls1248422canfuls
cansful1236832cansful
capful1368182capful
carful11610972carful
earful958962earful
gainful1145832gainful
handful14127252handful
hangul1049222hangul
hatful12108742hatful
jarful1646682jarful
lapful1156482lapful
lawful1235492lawful
moanful12105002moanful
pageful1346352pageful
pailful1236102pailful
palmful1445052palmful
panel76023622pan_el
panfry14456412panfry
playful1544652playful
potful1138082potful
sinful938802sinful
tankful1445162tankful
tinful938042tinful
vatful12107082vatful
waeful1238122waeful

Search took 4 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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.64331233.8
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691342.98659842.9
 
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