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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 “aflame” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

30 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
aflame113872(None) 
flame105124441_flame
ablate82219212ablate
ablaze17239832ablaze
aglare7312432aglare
alae45643752a_la_e
alamo7418142a_lamo
alane56135612a_lane
alate55340332a_late
alme65832162a_l_me
anlace82513922anlace
anlage72514232anlage
arame75026622a_rame
blame95625492_blame
enflame1236572enflame
fame95639392_f_ame
flake125119972_flake
flam96333292_flam_
flambe13489152_flambe
flamed124618972_flamed
flamen115215992_flamen
flamer114919122_flamer
flames114723692_flames
flams105125012_flams
flamy135217472_flamy
flare84823632_flare
flume106021172_flume
frame105821802_frame
inflame1256962inflame
lame66849292__lame

Search took 5 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 Filter178691825510.576310227.4
2DLD Change Limit82551303.98620710.2
3Display Results30300.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691304.56239169.4
 
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