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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 “lie” 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.

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
lie3826453(None) 
die46759661die
fie67152451fie
gie47149551gie
hie67652711hie
lee36068141lee
lei36846381lei
li29948761li_
lib57750281lib
lice66045071lice
lid47453531lid
lied55838101lied
lief76037001lief
lien45339811lien
lier45942471lier
lies46454201lies
lieu46534371lieu
life75433741life
like86040851like
lime66244941lime
lin37967381lin
line46965581line
lip514755811lip
lipe66839741lipe
lire47845301lire
lis37162281lis
lit39377321lit
lite47054551lite
live76541001live
lye66533411lye
pie55457411pie
plie65127391plie
tie36557541tie
vie65447641vie

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 Filter17869151460.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit5146340.09653604.2
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691340.346516448.0
 
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