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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 “ragman” 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.

56 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
ragman9401372(None) 
bagman114613821bagman
gagman103811251gagman
raglan73711501raglan
ragmen93712181ragmen
adman84517912_adman
agma77623272_agma_
agmas85919882_agmas
atman75520152_atman
axman144813192_axman
badman113813852badman
bagmen115412532bagmen
barman103519722barman
batman105214072batman
bayman133712712bayman
cabman123812512cabman
caiman103615672caiman
carman103920762carman
cayman133613222cayman
cragsman1345212cragsman
daman84821172da_man
dragoman1244652dragoman
drayman1335432drayman
flagman13186172flagman
frogman1335872frogman
gagmen103910412gagmen
gasman92911752gasman
hangman1337812hangman
lagan66520342lag_an
lawman11289062lawman
layman113511312layman
legman949652legman
madman113712392madman
magian9312832magian
magma104513582magma_
magmas115512512magmas
pagan86121162pag_an
radian74117272radian
raga55930812rag_a_
ragas65326062rag_as
ragbag1045462ragbag
raglans82410132raglans
ragtag836642ragtag
ramal74622252ra_mal
ramen75625192ra_men
randan7315252randan
ratan53722662ra_tan
rattan63613602rattan
regma84612332regma_
reman75730152r_eman
rodman949712rodman
roman75424822r_oman
sagaman10117562sagaman
swagman1334912swagman
taxman15328622taxman
vanman1139802vanman

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 Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551562.59331836.1
3Display Results56560.0163500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691562.95260532.2
 
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