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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 “chai” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

156 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
chai9592990(None) 
chad105525501chad
chain105723671chain
chair105519631chair
chais107530311chais
cham115532311cham
chao95727311chao
chap114928491chap
char95132151char
chat95546131chat
chaw126224631chaw
chay124924871chay
chi86228651ch_i
chia96026621chia
aha611246642aha_
ahi68040232ah_i
ai211288392__ai
cab78355402c_ab
cad67456362c_ad
cadi75732182cadi
caid77837532c_aid
cain65643912c_ain
cam78058982c_am
can57760142c_an
cap76758982c_ap
car59165562c_ar
cat58282342c_at
caw86647932c_aw
cay87155982c_ay
cedi74919272cedi
chadri1238142chadri
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chaff165016282chaff
chaine115119222chaine
chains114819702chains
chairs114916182chairs
chaise114916412chaise
chalk144814602chalk
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chaos105622862chaos
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chase105127122chase
chasm125518792chasm
chats105730092chats
chaws135022462chaws
chays135319742chays
cheap126915942cheap
cheat105732452cheat
chef125125622chef
chew126622132chew
chez184519022chez
chiao105618362chiao
chias104625522chias
chic115925202chic
chid106626402chid
chili106218482chili
chin96934742chin
chip116726422chip
chis95933312chis
chit96937462chit
choir105313602choir
chon96627792chon
chop116024922chop
chow125820992chow
chub115516412chub
chug105914112chug
chum116318002chum
ciao64924182ciao
clad76225822clad
clag75924572clag
claim95616912claim
clam86332292clam
clan65633922clan
clap86429042clap
clavi104912922clavi
claw95624342claw
clay95927412clay
coal66939252coal
coat67558352coat
coati75624642coati
coax136922982coax
coni65534802coni
crab85727672crab
crag75625302crag
cram85635492cram
crap85731842crap
craw97725262craw
cyan96419622cyan
czar156013132czar
dhak125512032dhak
dhal86719282dhal
ghat86435282ghat
ghazi1837442ghazi
ghi77019882gh_i
ha510259942_ha_
had77658762_had
hae67364002_hae
hag77255742_hag
hah910655222_hah
haik115526982_haik
hail74839062_hail
hair76330142_hair
haj138140602_haj
haji148520192_haji
ham86363282_ham
hao67251122_hao
hap87360052_hap
has67372652_has
hat67289962_hat
haw97153272_haw
hay97358772_hay
hi57947582_h_i
khadi1367602khadi
khaf145319602khaf
khaki1157642khaki
khan115819142khan
khat116730722khat
khi106318302kh_i
ohia75719362ohia
phat95837862phat
phi86524202ph_i
quai134420392quai
rai37658222_rai
schav1338312schav
sha69837782sha_
shad86230912shad
shag86430562shag
shah105627782shah
sham96436362sham
shat76456602shat
shaw108132552shaw
shay107133342shay
shri76021702shri
thae76825562thae
than76128772than
that75639322that
thaw107521312thaw
unai44824782unai
wha96422072wha_
wham125321692wham
whap125119642whap
what105434072what

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 Limit298721560.92332364.0
3Display Results1561560.0305200.0
 (SQL Overall)1786911561.233144923.8
 
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