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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 “sambas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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83 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
sambas10421926(None) 
gambas115817511gambas
mambas125716241mambas
samba95618771samba_
sambal105215181sambal
sambals115213481sambals
sambar103914161sambar
sambars115113841sambars
sambos104315191sambos
abas68642082_a_bas
abbas95918642_abbas
albas75925392_albas
amas67746292_am_as
ambos95321252_ambos
amebas10311452_amebas
amias75831472_amias
babas96325732ba_bas
camas96333522cam_as
gamas85431362gam_as
gamba106018512gamba_
gambes116318312gambes
gambias125010732gambias
gambs105721122gamb_s
gammas115714692gammas
hamzas20119012hamzas
iambs95815062iamb_s
iambus10468902iambus
jambes175914052jambes
jambs166014622jamb_s
lamas75532792lam_as
lambast11129892lambast
lambdas1246242lambdas
lambs95921412lamb_s
lamias85020612lamias
lampas106615952lampas
limbas105313202limbas
mamas95930772mam_as
mamba116317522mamba_
mambos125414492mambos
mammas94616402mammas
pampas124913992pampas
ramblas112710262ramblas
rumbas102512012rumbas
sabal75422482sa_bal
sabals84618862sa_bals
sabbat10314712sabbat
sabbats1138632sabbats
sabes76437462sa_bes
sabras85116362sabras
sabs66643742sa_b_s
sagas66025882sa_gas
saigas74114292saigas
salpas85116922salpas
salsas65316132salsas
samaras9312912samaras
sambaed1238302sambaed
sambhar1444852sambhar
sambhars1544832sambhars
sambo95118012samb_o
sambucas1444162sambucas
sambur10469502sambur
samburs11369342samburs
sameks12409322sameks
samosa8510202samosa
samosas939292samosas
sampan102511892sampan
sampans112411002sampans
samps96124672sam_ps
sangas75222652sangas
saunas63915432saunas
scubas103710222scubas
shamas113717942sham_as
shammas14358722shammas
simas75727552sim_as
sobas74424252s_obas
somas76030372som_as
subas74724072s_ubas
summas104313162summas
tambac122210242tambac
tambacs13219362tambacs
tambak14249262tambak
tambaks15218152tambaks
zamias174212922zamias

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 Filter178691825510.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit82551832.70330540.5
3Display Results83830.0302766.7
 (SQL Overall)178691832.84362853.0
 
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