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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 “ahem” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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162 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
ahem9722536(None) 
ahed89536251ahed
haem95730981haem
hem86148731_hem
them97427041them
aahed917816442aahed
abeam9316532abeam
abed79734132abed
abet610547942abet
ace59656832ace_
aced79540882aced
aces67645092aces
ache96829822ache_
ached119227832ached
aches106132292aches
acme86924322acme
adeem8311802adeem
ae212590292a_e_
age47154332age_
aged67334252aged
agee56241492agee
ager55935842ager
ages55844592ages
ah513868792ah__
aha611246642ah_a
ahead96817052ahead
ahi68040232ah_i
ahis76135382ahis
ahoy101919182ahoy
ahs68644822ah_s
aim57858212a_im
ajee115928232ajee
akee85936812akee
ale36572342ale_
alec66430062alec
alee46652322alee
alef76340692alef
ales47067102ales
alme65832162alme
alum65227612alum
am411875562a__m
amen66733152amen
ane37866952ane_
anes45255932anes
anew76623132anew
anthem113410342anthem
ape57251182ape_
aped78538152aped
aper66336232aper
apes66047432apes
apex137220212apex
are37874572are_
area45843392area
ares45871022ares
arm58449622a_rm
arum66129032arum
asea46327182asea
ashed97829772ashed
ashen87818672ashen
ashes86230612ashes
ate37059242ate_
ates45047922ates
atom67824522atom
ave67748702ave_
aver75931882aver
aves76142602aves
awe67746622awe_
awed88436032awed
awee76336642awee
awes76037552awes
axe108239492axe_
axed128829612axed
axel115222072axel
axes117337852axes
aye67151762aye_
ayes76543512ayes
cham115532312cham
chef125125622chef
chemo12313632chemo
chew126622132chew
chez184519022chez
chum116318002chum
deem75432892deem
em49445152__em
fem86040732_fem
gem66840222_gem
ghee85726112ghee
hae67364002hae_
haed86338582haed
haems105517012haems
haen76229452haen
haes77651022haes
haet75659502haet
halm95834972halm
ham86363282_ham
hame97043132hame
harem104924452harem
harm95637792harm
he58151952_he_
heh96039622_heh
helm95530022_helm
heme95034412_heme
hemp115725622_hemp
hems95534942_hems
hen67555272_hen
hep86644142_hep
her66547812_her
herm95636152_herm
hes66654202_hes
het67674312_het
hew97642722_hew
hex137436172_hex
hey96741062_hey
him86247662_him
hm78126732_h_m
hmm106218992_hmm
hum85542932_hum
idem76121062idem
item65620382item
khet116328622khet
maihem1366212maihem
mayhem1644922mayhem
mem77943472_mem
neem67328082neem
ohed87825182ohed
ohm86523012oh_m
phew128417112phew
poem86225772poem
rehem103815352rehem
rem56150042_rem
rhea75017432rhea
rheme106214052rheme
rheum1038842rheum
sachem134012222sachem
satem76021462satem
seem65438562seem
sham96436362sham
she66837692she_
shea76031572shea
shed86536152shed
shes75734352shes
shew108030762shew
shim95827862shim
stem610628252stem
teem66132602teem
the67436052the_
thee78039062thee
theme105921732theme
then78429692then
therm106018022therm
thew108226232thew
they107223752they
wham125321692wham
whee105429592whee
whelm134611982whelm
when105723042when
whet105133782whet
whew137618782whew
whey135018712whey
whim126220532whim
whom127018182whom
ylem9217892ylem

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 Filter178691298720.280638182.1
2DLD Change Limit298721620.76638997.4
3Display Results1621620.0463521.7
 (SQL Overall)1786911621.092163636.4
 
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