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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 “helmsman” 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.

38 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
helmsman155350(None) 
helmsmen1552841helmsmen
almsman1145092_almsman
headsman1446352headsman
herdsman1465642herdsman
almsmen1144583_almsmen
beadsman1355613beadsman
bedesman1345083bedesman
bellman1137183bel_lman
chessman1544823che_ssman
dalesman1145813dalesman
desman9311693de__sman
elysian1065083_elysian
fieldsman1542323fieldsman
headman13229633he_adman
headsmen1465983headsmen
helms105619463helms___
henchman1844023henchman
herdman13238423he_rdman
herdsmen1464833herdsmen
hermaean1343603hermaean
hessian1035853he_ssian
hetman112510603he__tman
hexosan1744333hexos_an
huntsman1343863huntsman
leadsman1145243leadsman
lensman937563le_nsman
melisma1146473melisma_
melismas1245713melismas
messman1137283me_ssman
newsman1245503ne_wsman
reinsman1045843reinsman
salesman1047363salesman
seedsman1144893seedsman
talesman1046703talesman
talisman1045553talisman
teleman959573tel_eman
wheelsman1751883wheelsman

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 Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit146162387.29620033.2
3Display Results38380.0132923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691387.73223110.6
 
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