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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 “sot” 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.

42 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
sot31038430(None) 
bot59680401bot
cot510483221cot
dot47573181dot
got49870441got
hot67776061hot
jot108259021jot
lot38179261lot
mot57279421mot
not39474661not
oot311274691oot
pot58078431pot
rot37282951rot
sat36288481sat
scot66242611scot
set36681251set
shot76150261shot
sit35877751sit
slot46049831slot
snot44745451snot
so28855441so_
sob57857941sob
sod46053701sod
soft76942821soft
sol37256621sol
som59153811som
son37761951son
soot45761061soot
sop57557861sop
sort46264811sort
sos37761601sos
soth75932521soth
sots45552451sots
sou37853691sou
sow66554761sow
sox106444191sox
soy67851451soy
spot65540691spot
stot46347331stot
swot75134661swot
tot38884771tot
wot610467481wot

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 Filter17869151460.516346300.4
2DLD Change Limit5146420.35614455.1
3Display Results42420.0331272.7
 (SQL Overall)178691420.905197448.6
 
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