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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 “penmen” 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.

38 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
penmen1031149(None) 
penman10312321penman
germen9612312germen
gunmen9348722gunmen
legmen939342legmen
lensmen937882lensmen
lenten6312882lenten
mermen10813812mermen
nonmen8412832nonmen
pangen94115912pangen
peahen113410132peahen
peasen84815962peasen
pecten102711102pecten
peen65938082pe__en
pelmet103419242pelmet
pence94924452pence_
pencel103812912pencel
pended103819012pended
pendent10314722pendent
penes75839222pen_es
penne75423852penne_
penned94217612penned
penner84616662penner
pennon8310642pennon
pensee8417312pensee
pentene9313792pentene
permed115217342permed
pinken124513282pinken
pitmen102510792pitmen
potmen102713092potmen
premen105017802premen
prenomen1249632prenomen
seamen84518562seamen
semen75724102se_men
tegmen988402tegmen
tinmen82310402tinmen
vanmen1138402vanmen
yeomen1138182yeomen

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 Filter178691825510.1431249587.4
2DLD Change Limit82551382.68630733.8
3Display Results38380.0162375.0
 (SQL Overall)178691382.84562808.8
 
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