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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 “pes” 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.

40 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
pes5725978(None) 
apes66047431apes
bes56557431bes
es29048221_es
fes66551671fes
hes66654201hes
les35663071les
oes35866191oes
opes65942611opes
pas58775741pas
pe47649031pe_
pea56657241pea
peas65755061peas
pec76744411pec
pecs84634101pecs
ped66751521ped
peds75835241peds
pee56066511pee
pees65257371pees
peg65843061peg
pegs75531761pegs
peh86740961peh
pehs95625761pehs
pen56558841pen
pens65649641pens
pep76447081pep
peps85134511peps
per56353091per
peso66925821peso
pest65555291pest
pet56477301pet
pets66248331pets
pew86442301pew
pews95731531pews
pies66949601pies
pis56362031pis
pus55547841pus
pyes95528991pyes
res35565041res
yes66250611yes

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 Filter17869151460.263679433.5
2DLD Change Limit5146400.09653604.2
3Display Results40400.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691400.359497746.5
 
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