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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 “ail” 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.

34 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
ail3717105(None) 
aal39058671aal
ai211288401ai_
aid49269091aid
ails45654721ails
aim57858221aim
ain37579101ain
air38058401air
ais39083581ais
ait38093911ait
al210674041a_l
all36148231all
anil46437431anil
aril45843021aril
awl67635301awl
axil116424451axil
bail65042801bail
fail74840241fail
fil65447151fil
hail74839061hail
jail115529091jail
kail85131501kail
mail65543451mail
mil55752121mil
nail45838651nail
nil36144201nil
oil37452061oil
pail66141831pail
rail46147761rail
sail45447161sail
tail45443651tail
til36350271til
vail75432551vail
wail75238821wail

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 Filter17869151460.233766914.2
2DLD Change Limit5146340.09355333.3
3Display Results34340.000 
 (SQL Overall)178691340.326548131.9
 
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