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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 “big” 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.

27 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
big6734573(None) 
bag67059221bag
beg65944131beg
bi48046481bi_
bib77045951bib
bid67751821bid
bigs76235031bigs
bin56658651bin
bio57846091bio
biog76122331biog
bis56860671bis
bit57070911bit
biz147939371biz
bog67852411bog
brig76528031brig
bug65340741bug
cig67036191cig
dig57544481dig
fig76242841fig
gig56040761gig
jig115633521jig
mig65646091mig
pig65744981pig
rig46748131rig
vig75637531vig
wig76740391wig
zig136931911zig

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 Filter17869151460.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit5146270.19027084.2
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691270.690258972.5
 
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