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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

62 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
exams1419908(None) 
exam132514621exam_
bams87044452_bams
beams95328172beams
blams95023852blams
cams87047282_cams
chams126028502chams
clams95127672clams
crams96229152crams
dams77444372_dams
drams86025832drams
ears46356592e_ars
eats47054872e_ats
egads74610922egads
elans55527752elans
elms67322702e_lms
ems56435492e__ms
eras45441502era_s
etas46432272eta_s
exact143516932exact
exacts15359612exacts
exalt123018532exalt
exalts13328312exalts
examen1538282examen
examens1637192examens
execs14539722execs
exes116530812ex_es
exits125515912exits
exons125813342exons
expats1537682expats
expos1449202expos
eyas76427432eya_s
eyass84410782eyass
flams105125012flams
foams105017952foams
gams76648882_gams
glams85822932glams
grams85327312grams
hams96446132_hams
hexads17468192hexads
imams91511112imams
jams135231072_jams
lams66552262_lams
loams75619862loams
ogams84112682ogams
oxims14107642oxims
pams85641762_pams
prams96125512prams
rams65950772_rams
reams75729622reams
roams74919612roams
scams94423972scams
seams75731662seams
shams105829412shams
slams74927902slams
spams94922192spams
tams67247932_tams
teams75726512teams
texas126514932texa_s
trams75327672trams
whams135515642whams
yams95330732_yams

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 Filter178691538000.330541487.9
2DLD Change Limit53800621.39038705.0
3Display Results62620.0134769.2
 (SQL Overall)178691621.733103110.8
 
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