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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 “tam” 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.

35 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
tam5866342(None) 
am411875561_am
bam78560141bam
cam78058981cam
dam67457041dam
gam67060061gam
ham86363281ham
jam126942521jam
lam57666711lam
nam55953391nam
pam77858391pam
ram56867271ram
ta211662451ta_
tab57460321tab
tad47959821tad
tae38267051tae
tag47259491tag
taj106442191taj
tame66343661tame
tamp86133001tamp
tams67247931tams
tan37167571tan
tao38358951tao
tap57663871tap
tar37570691tar
tas38477101tas
tat37690291tat
tau36856901tau
tav66043211tav
taw610155451taw
tax109449151tax
team66238651team
tom514358051tom
tram67034551tram
yam87448991yam

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 Filter17869151460.0931921408.6
2DLD Change Limit5146350.20325349.8
3Display Results35350.0162187.5
 (SQL Overall)178691350.312572727.6
 
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