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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 “pig” 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.

27 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
pig6574498(None) 
big67345731big
cig67036191cig
dig57544481dig
fig76242841fig
gig56040761gig
jig115633521jig
mig65646091mig
peg65843061peg
pi48145371pi_
pia56848041pia
pic76046831pic
pie55457411pie
pigs76634231pigs
pin57066731pin
ping75943601ping
pip78051051pip
pis56362041pis
pit56471931pit
piu56639551piu
pix126437941pix
prig75924871prig
pug65337181pug
rig46748131rig
vig75637531vig
wig76740391wig
zig136931911zig

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 Filter17869151460.250714764.0
2DLD Change Limit5146270.09355333.3
3Display Results27270.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691270.343520965.0
 
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