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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 “lyrf” 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.

51 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
lyre75623791lyre
arf67453372_arf
barf95844412barf
byre95023852byre
byrl95716012byrl
corf95941482corf
curf97538782curf
eyra76217552eyra
eyre75525252eyre
eyry106315882eyry
gyre84722762gyre
gyri85415152gyri
gyro85217882gyro
kerf115827462kerf
lar37967532lar_
lard56742002lard
lari45839152lari
lark85733862lark
lars46956572lars
leaf76441032leaf
lief76036992lief
lira46928682lira
lire47845292lire
liri45128252liri
loaf76734902loaf
loof78141052loof
lord55032082lord
lore45850352lore
lorn46435252lorn
lory75931712lory
luff104426702luff
lure45142462lure
lurk86624162lurk
lyard95113212lyard
lyart85121882lyart
lych126015762lych
lycra10317972lycra
lye66533412ly_e
lyes75530832lyes
lynx1437422lynx
lyres85019962lyres
lyric104512722lyric
lyse76320592lyse
pyre94925552pyre
pyro96019392pyro
serf76340112serf
surf76039312surf
turf75334052turf
tyre75428252tyre
tyro76622362tyro
zarf166929122zarf

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 Limit29872510.79637527.6
3Display Results51510.0133923.1
 (SQL Overall)178691511.122159261.1
 
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