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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 “whalemen” 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.

43 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
whalemen164447(None) 
whaleman1643971whaleman
wheelmen1643312wheelmen
axemen1547493__axemen
baleen8613053_bale_en
basemen1139083_basemen
brakemen1644843brakemen
cavemen1437143_cavemen
chainmen15105263chainmen
chairmen15105473chairmen
chapmen1637283cha_pmen
choremen1597603choremen
dalesmen1146203_dalesmen
fuglemen1443383fuglemen
gatemen1047603_gatemen
hackmen1836713_hackmen
haemin113412663_ha_emin
halogen1138393_halogen
hangmen1337383_hangmen
noblemen1245043noblemen
placemen1445783placemen
riflemen1344243riflemen
salesmen1047253_salesmen
spacemen1445413spacemen
stablemen1343923stablemen
talesmen1047013_talesmen
telemen9310173_telemen
watermen1377613w_atermen
whale115517433whal__e_
whalebone1753343whalebone
whaled134612033whal__ed
whaler124611973whal__er
whalers13529703whale_rs
whales124716943whal__es
whammed18345133wha_mmed
whatever1742673whatever
wheelman1642813wheelman
wheelsmen1742083wheelsmen
wheen115016053wh__e_en
whelmed16375153whel_med
wholemeal1752273wholemeal
wiremen1236903w_iremen
woolmen1234973wool_men

Search took 8 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 Filter1786911461620.563317390.8
2DLD Change Limit146162436.81321453.4
3Display Results43430.0133307.7
 (SQL Overall)178691437.38924183.4
 
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