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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 “sampan” 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.

36 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
sampan10251189(None) 
sampans112411001sampans
tampan102512321tampan
daman84821162dam_an
dampen114310592dampen
japan14411232ja_pan
lampad114510032lampad
lampas106615952lampas
pampa114913422pampa_
pampas124913992pampas
pampean1335542pampean
rampant11312172rampant
salpa75018352salpa_
salpae84614272salpae
salpas85116922salpas
salpian938492salpian
saltpan935302saltpan
samba95618772samba_
sambal105215182sambal
sambar103914162sambar
sambas104219262sambas
samp85733592samp__
sample104215012sample
samps96124672samp_s
saran53730302sa_ran
seaman84015902seam_an
shaman113314282sham_an
simian8811162simian
soman75024902som_an
span65234662s__pan
swanpan1243692swanpan
taipan82410662taipan
tampans113310982tampans
tampon102911232tampon
tarpan82814292tarpan
tympan13257012tympan

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 Limit82551362.54632423.8
3Display Results36360.0162250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691362.67266875.4
 
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