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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 “lynx” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(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.

55 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
lynx143742(None) 
dyne85320932dyne
eyne76322462eyne
jinx185516572jinx
land56337312land
lane45153332lane
lang56637382lang
lank84734452lank
larynx1632852larynx
lax107651522l_ax
lend56233672lend
leno47331392leno
lens46146492lens
lent46360532lent
lex107943822l_ex
lin37967372lin_
line46965572line
ling57447962ling
link86943442link
linn46034592linn
lino46343372lino
lins47059052lins
lint416266232lint
liny78141322liny
lone45849132lone
long56933342long
lox108240962l_ox
luna46229852luna
lune47140492lune
lung55732492lung
lunk86030722lunk
lunt46148842lunt
luny77324132luny
lux106528772l_ux
lych126015762lych
lye66533412ly_e
lyes75530832lyes
lying95717452lying
lynch13468982lynch
lynxes1634322lynxes
lyre75623792lyre
lyse76320592lyse
minx137723352minx
myna95815302myna
onyx1478362onyx
pyx157817012py_x
rynd86414102rynd
syn67024122syn_
sync95415102sync
syne75725762syne
tyne76325052tyne
wyn95921442wyn_
wynd116114462wynd
wynn105811292wynn
wyns105717032wyns

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 Filter178691298720.283631417.0
2DLD Change Limit29872550.78038297.4
3Display Results55550.0163437.5
 (SQL Overall)178691551.079165608.0
 
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