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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 “ad” with Change Limit: [1]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

38 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
ad31197504(None) 
aa219179951aa
ab410674761ab
add510132371add
ado49146881ado
ads49755741ads
adz1312332871adz
ae212590291ae
ag311067461ag
ah513868791ah
ai211288401ai
aid49269091aid
al210674041al
am411875561am
an211879081an
and47244181and
ar211379381ar
as211083071as
at212393401at
aw512563401aw
ax911057781ax
ay511773891ay
bad67763161bad
cad67456371cad
dad58456171dad
ed38645191ed
fad77452421fad
gad57556661gad
had77658771had
id38941851id
lad48165711lad
mad68958721mad
od39255251od
pad68057331pad
rad47662011rad
sad47459211sad
tad47959831tad
wad77053901wad

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 Filter17869111160.236757165.3
2DLD Change Limit1116380.01385846.2
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691380.249717634.5
 
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