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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 “ane” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 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
ane3786695(None) 
ace59656831ace
acne66625871acne
ae212590291a_e
age47154331age
ale36572341ale
an211879081an_
ana39559831ana
and47244171and
anes45255931anes
anew76623131anew
ani37751181ani
ant37270791ant
ante46538901ante
any68440491any
ape57251181ape
are37874571are
ate37059241ate
ave67748701ave
awe67746621awe
axe108239491axe
aye67151761aye
bane65250431bane
cane66653121cane
fane75343571fane
gane55145301gane
jane115031481jane
kane85133971kane
lane45153331lane
mane65052031mane
nae35952741nae
ne27045101_ne
one37050911one
pane64950291pane
sane45954341sane
vane75534691vane
wane76344721wane

Search took 1 second 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 Filter17869151460.266671770.7
2DLD Change Limit5146370.09355333.3
3Display Results37370.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691370.359497746.5
 
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