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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 “again” 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.

79 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
again6521812(None) 
agin56132711ag_in
amain74922911amain
gain56042161_gain
actin74922552actin
aga410447232aga__
against838382against
agama85815582agama
agamic113110562agamic
agamid103710692agamid
agape85614842agape
agar58726412aga_r
agaric93513632agaric
agars66120642agars
agas55938842aga_s
agate66525152agate
agave95314032agave
agaze156113662agaze
ageing84213402ageing
aggie73415012aggie
aging77026352ag_ing
agio57828452ag_io
agnail739532agnail
agon56531882ag_on
agria65517142agria
ain37579092__ain
akin86328032a_kin
alan46844082ala_n
alanin6317272alanin
algin65718762algin
aloin55227422aloin
amin66042252a_min
apian75018332apian
attain6311752attain
atwain937812atwain
auxin121411912auxin
avail8313882avail
avian84616052avian
await85524492await
ayin76331742a_yin
azan136521782aza_n
bargain1079062bargain
blain75421792blain
brain76229382brain
cain65643912_cain
chain105723672chain
drain65222892drain
elain55324702elain
fagin9216572fag_in
fain75840562_fain
gaen57329602_gaen
gains65729512_gains
gait56150192_gait
gamin84423002gamin
gan48060132_ga_n
gaun56427712_gaun
gin46055752_g_in
grain65126252grain
grin55733722_grin
kain85334292_kain
lagan66520342laga_n
lain46146282_lain
magian9312832magian
main65345522_main
pagan86121162paga_n
pain65647242_pain
papain10313792papain
plain74823302plain
rain46251732_rain
regain74517762regain
sain45551292_sain
slain54923572slain
stain55727942stain
swain84919052swain
tain45548072_tain
train56529112train
twain86313622twain
vain75233002_vain
wain75840202_wain

Search took 3 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 Filter178691538000.373479064.3
2DLD Change Limit53800791.65632487.9
3Display Results79790.0164937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691792.04587379.5
 
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