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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 “lot” 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.

37 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
lot3817926(None) 
blot65842321blot
bot59680401bot
clot66542421clot
cot510483221cot
dot47573181dot
got49870441got
hot67776061hot
jot108259021jot
lat37593401lat
let36481471let
lit39377311lit
lo28053441lo_
lob57154461lob
loft76539141loft
log46252681log
loo38359821loo
loot46955821loot
lop58255311lop
lost47951491lost
lota47233501lota
loth76132131loth
loti46431841loti
lots47652091lots
lout45952141lout
low66051871low
lox108240961lox
mot57279421mot
not39474661not
oot311274691oot
plot66141231plot
pot58078431pot
rot37282951rot
slot46049831slot
sot310384301sot
tot38884771tot
wot610467481wot

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 Filter17869151460.0632836365.1
2DLD Change Limit5146370.07667710.5
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691370.1551152845.2
 
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