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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 “lid” 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.

28 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
lid4745353(None) 
aid49269091aid
bid67751821bid
did56850531did
fid76847701fid
gid57047281gid
hid76248391hid
id38941851_id
kid86540631kid
lad48165711lad
laid56439151laid
led46254561led
li29948761li_
lib57750281lib
lido56028171lido
lids56336471lids
lie38264531lie
lied55838101lied
lin37967381lin
lip514755811lip
lis37162281lis
lit39377321lit
loid55531501loid
mid67354481mid
rid46754641rid
slid55828991slid
vid77241821vid
yid76640841yid

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 Filter17869151460.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit5146280.09355333.3
3Display Results28280.0161750.0
 (SQL Overall)178691280.392455844.4
 
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