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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 “epha” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(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.

48 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
epha931005(None) 
ephah1337061ephah
ephas10311541ephas
agha87417302agha
aha611246642_aha
alpha1049652alpha
eche97520282eche
echo96615952echo
echt95722902echt
edh76921562edh_
edhs86212102edhs
eh58339962e_h_
elhi7612402elhi
epee64628502epee
ephahs1435502ephahs
ephod1139122ephod
ephor10310012ephor
epic86921302epic
epos66723732epos
era35741502e_ra
eta35834192e_ta
eth66630982eth_
eths76619522eths
etna46415262etna
eyra76217552eyra
ha510259942__ha
haha107821062haha
hypha1637382hypha
lepta75714392lepta
opah96218402opah
pa410456482_p_a
pah88853592_pah
pea56657242_pea
peh86740962peh_
pehs95625762pehs
pepla9312862pepla
phat95837862_phat
phi86524202_phi
pht86030522_pht
pia56848032_pia
pya87023752_pya
sepia75318672sepia
septa75518082septa
sha69837782_sha
spa55730812sp_a
tepa66021682tep_a
tephra1136482tephra
wha96422072_wha

Search took 2 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 Filter178691298720.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit29872480.98330388.6
3Display Results48480.0163000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691481.342133152.8
 
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