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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 “lad” 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.

40 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
lad4816570(None) 
ad311975031_ad
bad67763151bad
cad67456361cad
clad76225821clad
dad58456161dad
fad77452411fad
gad57556651gad
glad65624011glad
had77658761had
la219261631la_
lab58864781lab
lac510155821lac
lade56345981lade
lads56549131lads
lady86527151lady
lag47862121lag
laid56439141laid
lam57666711lam
land56337301land
lap58565271lap
lar37967531lar
lard56742001lard
las37281471las
lat37593401lat
laud56527721laud
lav66847341lav
law68656641law
lax107651521lax
lay68865351lay
lead56038851lead
led46254551led
lid47453511lid
load56730601load
mad68958701mad
pad68057321pad
rad47662001rad
sad47459201sad
tad47959821tad
wad77053891wad

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 Filter17869151460.1101624463.6
2DLD Change Limit5146400.18627666.7
3Display Results40400.0162500.0
 (SQL Overall)178691400.312572727.6
 
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