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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 “wannigan” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

28 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
wannigan124269(None) 
wanigan1135211wa_nigan
wannigans1342391wannigans
brannigan1242312brannigan
wangan10311222wa_n_gan
wanigans1244742wa_nigans
antigang1067403_antigang
antigay1148223_antigay
antigen8311123_antigen
antigun847963_antigun
antiman9313883_antiman
banian8315383ba_ni_an
brannigans1352023brannigans
cannibal1245203cannibal
cannikin14196073cannikin
cardigan1245613cardigan
larrigan944213larrigan
mannan85413623mann__an
mannikin14215503mannikin
pannikin14194923pannikin
tannin62613923tanni__n
wangans1149503wa_n_gans
wangun1037103wa_n_gun
waning103623803waning__
wanion93213063wa_ni_on
wanning113816213wanni_ng
warrigal1244313warrigal
wigan95114393w___igan

Search took 9 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 Filter1786911461620.1701051123.5
2DLD Change Limit146162287.98318309.2
3Display Results28280.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691288.15321917.2
 
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