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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 “abbb” 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.

50 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
abba810522651abba
abbe87627191abbe
ab410674762a__b
aba512850952a_ba
abas68642082abas
abbas95918642abbas
abbes96723522abbes
abbey125714932abbey
abbot9318452abbot
abed79734132abed
abet610547942abet
able66340532able
ably99725132ably
abo59045962a_bo
abos67734412abos
abri65522212abri
abs59356072a_bs
abut66834952abut
aby810238062a_by
abye97921002abye
abys97221882abys
alb57342652a_lb
alba68328332alba
albs68628572albs
ambo88225142ambo
arb510448422a_rb
arbs66834732arbs
baba88828352baba
babe86835822babe
babu85829232babu
baby116723682baby
barb85240062barb
bib77045952_bib
bibb75819222bibb
bob76755672_bob
bub76343982_bub
cabby145314562cabby
cabob114616812cabob
cobb106422002cobb
ebb72418632_ebb
ebbs82411992ebbs
gabby135512952gabby
jibb155816752jibb
kabab134814442kabab
kabob134113932kabob
nabob93913742nabob
rabbi93113182rabbi
sibb85921432sibb
tabby125213892tabby
yabby15389752yabby

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 Filter178691298720.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit29872500.92032469.6
3Display Results50500.0163125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691501.249143067.3
 
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