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

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

32 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
octad8151065(None) 
octads987331octads
octal71214721octal
octan71313481octan
acta69524802acta_
acted88521732acted
cad67456362_c_ad
chad105525502_chad
clad76225822_clad
cotan71521782cotan
coted85033852coted
oca56731732oc_a_
ocas66729632oc_as
ocean71212962ocean
octadic1245712octadic
octane81411632octane
octans81411142octans
octant81216552octant
octave11157342octave
octavo11124782octavo
octet7324062octet
octyl10136062octyl
ootid61416702ootid
opted84914272opted
orad56031692o_rad
oread64619602oread
ottar54313992ottar
outadd837802outadd
outed65429062outed
scad75725772sc_ad
tad47959822__tad
yclad11246382yclad

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 Filter178691538000.296603685.8
2DLD Change Limit53800321.54634799.5
3Display Results32320.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691321.84297009.2
 
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