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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 “lads” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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

36 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
lads5654913(None) 
ads49755731_ads
bads77048861bads
cads76144521cads
clads85722731clads
dads67442771dads
fads86939871fads
gads67843381gads
glads75620611glads
labs67145121labs
lacs66942481lacs
lad48165701lad_
lade56345981lade
lades65141271lades
lady86527151lady
lags56546221lags
lams66552261lams
lands65426901lands
laps66848871laps
lards65331861lards
lars46956571lars
las37281471la_s
lass47444541lass
lats45962701lats
lauds65618481lauds
lavs76734151lavs
laws76441681laws
lays76043251lays
leads66028491leads
lids56336451lids
loads65323371loads
mads76845361mads
pads76742951pads
rads56046601rads
tads57143941tads
wads87343141wads

Search took 1 second 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 Filter178691139830.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit13983360.26652567.7
3Display Results36360.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691360.329543133.7
 
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