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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 “shaman” 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.

47 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
shaman11331428(None) 
seaman84015901seaman
shamans123610901shamans
shamas113717941shamas
ashman1148382ash_man
ataman81013062ataman
chapman1637892chapman
chazan20269132chazan
daman84821162_daman
hamal104623112_hamal
hazan173813612_hazan
human102716032_human
sagaman10117562sagaman
sampan102511892s_ampan
saran53730302s_aran
seamen84518562seamen
seawan94111222seawan
shairn9269062shairn
shaitan1036892shaitan
shaken134113612shaken
sham96436362sham__
shamanic1546562shamanic
shame105726702sham_e
shamed125120212shamed
shames114726222shames
shaming133016742shaming
shammas14358722shammas
shammy16388502shammy
shamos114216982shamos
shamoy14379912shamoy
shams105829412sham_s
shamus114112812shamus
shapen114414652shapen
sharn84823702sha_rn
shaven124213302shaven
shawn116417612sha_wn
shazam2046622shazam
shipman14247132shipman
shopman14247262shopman
shoran94016042shoran
showman15257292showman
siamang1045332siamang
skyman1535312skyman
socman1039812socman
soman75024902s_oman
stamen84115942stamen
swagman1334912swagman

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 Filter178691825510.1261418182.5
2DLD Change Limit82551473.40624236.9
3Display Results47470.0133615.4
 (SQL Overall)178691473.54550406.5
 
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