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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 “exam” 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.

68 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
exam13251462(None) 
exams14199081exams
am411875562__am
axal116520492axal
bam78560142_bam
beam86939232beam
blam86131702blam
cam78058982_cam
cham115532312cham
clam86332292clam
cram85635492cram
dam67457042_dam
dram75832002dram
ear36867882e_ar
eat36989052e_at
eau37450942e_au
egad64215412egad
egal55119432egal
elan46734242elan
elm57531742e_lm
em49445152e__m
era35741502era_
eras45441502eras
eta35834192eta_
etas46432272etas
ex98835642ex__
exact143516932exact
exalt123018532exalt
examen1538282examen
exec135313942exec
exed125420592exed
exes116530812exes
exit114428672exit
exon117116802exon
expat14313812expat
expo1349182expo
eyas76427432eyas
flam96333292flam
foam97127172foam
gam67060062_gam
glam76529342glam
gram77034582gram
ham86363282_ham
hexad164910622hexad
imam81718332imam
jam126942522_jam
lam57666712_lam
loam65630482loam
nam55953392_nam
ogam75120032ogam
oxim131114052oxim
pam77858392_pam
pram85733492pram
ram56867272_ram
ream65841612ream
roam67132412roam
scam85932352scam
seam66645972seam
sham96436362sham
slam67737972slam
spam85930042spam
swam96329982swam
tam58663422_tam
team66238652team
texas126514932texas
tram67034552tram
wham125321692wham
yam87448992_yam

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 Filter178691298720.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit29872680.89033564.0
3Display Results68680.0164250.0
 (SQL Overall)178691681.219146588.2
 
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