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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 “ai” with Change Limit: [1]

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

38 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
ai21128840(None) 
aa219179951aa
ab410674761ab
ad311975041ad
ae212590291ae
ag311067461ag
ah513868791ah
ahi68040231ahi
aid49269091aid
ail37171051ail
aim57858221aim
ain37579101ain
air38058401air
ais39083581ais
ait38093911ait
al210674041al
am411875561am
ami56646811ami
an211879081an
ani37751181ani
ar211379381ar
as211083071as
at212393401at
aw512563401aw
ax911057781ax
ay511773891ay
bi48046481bi
hi57947591hi
ki67537971ki
li29948761li
mi48249061mi
oi29061491oi
pi48145371pi
qi116526911qi
rai37658221rai
si29149581si
ti28448301ti
xi98128171xi

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 Filter17869111160.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit1116380.01669750.0
3Display Results38380.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691380.249717634.5
 
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