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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 “yaw” 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.

29 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
yaw9714515(None) 
aw512563401_aw
caw86647931caw
daw77148361daw
haw97153271haw
jaw136237681jaw
law68656641law
maw87050101maw
naw66346491naw
paw87651171paw
raw67252251raw
saw68255351saw
taw610155451taw
vaw95937461vaw
waw97046381waw
ya510251501ya_
yag76947731yag
yah99046351yah
yak107038561yak
yam87448991yam
yap85949821yap
yar67253831yar
yawl104918971yawl
yawn106219091yawn
yawp125215581yawp
yaws105531211yaws
yay96948711yay
yew96436291yew
yow96945291yow

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 Filter17869151460.0463884587.0
2DLD Change Limit5146290.09355333.3
3Display Results29290.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691290.1391285546.8
 
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