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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 “iglu” 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.

34 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
iglu51081478(None) 
iglus6609931iglus
agly86821802agly
bigly114814752bigly
flu66530212_flu
gild65526512gild
gill56336182gill
gilt56348542gilt
glue55628492_glue
glug66118012_glug
glum75825102_glum
glut56331292_glut
gnu45522042_gnu
gul45832792_gul
idle55423762idle
idly85617322idly
igg57116792ig_g
iggs66612672iggs
igloo6410492igloo
ilk78325302i_lk
ill37437092i_ll
ills47030422ills
illy76925332illy
ingle64120432ingle
inly75622212inly
isle45121702isle
lulu44122882lulu
ogle56325052ogle
sigla64515202sigla
siglum936562siglum
sulu45128422sulu
tolu45529152tolu
ugly86012382ugly
ulu36028702_ulu

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit29872340.86034734.9
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691341.156154577.0
 
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