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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 “chain” 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.

130 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
chain10572367(None) 
cain65643911c_ain
chai95929901chai_
chaine115119221chaine
chains114819701chains
chair105519631chair
chais107530311chais
chin96934741ch_in
again65218122again
ain37579092__ain
amain74922912amain
blain75421792blain
brain76229382brain
cabin94820942cabin
caid77837532c_aid
cains75334302c_ains
cairn75717512c_airn
can57760142c_a_n
carn66245432c_arn
chad105525502cha_d
chads116122232chads
chafe135117352chafe
chaff165016282chaff
chafing163911492chafing
chagrin1337892chagrin
chained133812692chained
chaines124518732chaines
chairs114916182chairs
chaise114916412chaise
chalk144814602chalk
cham115532312cha_m
champ145017962champ
chams126028502chams
chang115418562chang
chant105932692chant
chao95727312cha_o
chaos105622862chaos
chap114928492cha_p
chape125221142chape
chaps125326062chaps
chapt125827642chapt
char95132152cha_r
chard116124742chard
chare105231982chare
charing133721322charing
chark144222712chark
charm126124662charm
charr104821782charr
chars105936642chars
chart105038282chart
chary135023132chary
chase105127122chase
chasing133715892chasing
chasm125518792chasm
chat95546132cha_t
chats105730092chats
chaunt11613492chaunt
chaw126224632cha_w
chawing164813032chawing
chaws135022462chaws
chay124924872cha_y
chays135319742chays
chazan20269132chazan
chi86228652ch_i_
chia96026622ch_ia
chiao105618362chiao
chias104625522chias
chic115925202ch_ic
chid106626402ch_id
china105022482ch_ina
chine105231722ch_ine
chink145321592ch_ink
chino105823312ch_ino
chins105631462ch_ins
chip116726422ch_ip
chis95933312ch_is
chit96937462ch_it
chitin113114962chitin
choir105313602choir
chon96627792ch_on
chopin132712192chopin
churn105113102churn
claim95616912claim
clan65633922cla_n
cocain101315012cocain
coin66645352c_oin
colin76231692colin
conin76232722conin
covin105621122covin
cumin94616972cumin
cutin75022782cutin
cyan96419622cya_n
cyanin113911452cyanin
drain65222892drain
elain55324702elain
enchain1248862enchain
fain75840562_fain
gain56042162_gain
grain65126252grain
haen76229452_haen
haik115526982_haik
hail74839062_hail
haint85436322_haint
hair76330142_hair
hin67559562_h_in
kain85334292_kain
khan115819142kha_n
lain46146282_lain
main65345522_main
pain65647242_pain
plain74823302plain
rain46251732_rain
sain45551292_sain
shairn9269062shairn
sharn84823702sharn
shawn116417612shawn
shin75634312sh_in
slain54923572slain
stain55727942stain
swain84919052swain
tain45548072_tain
than76128772tha_n
thein85919022thein
thin76732392th_in
train56529112train
twain86313622twain
unchain1238942unchain
vain75233002_vain
wain75840202_wain
whin105225692wh_in

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 Filter178691538000.313570897.8
2DLD Change Limit538001301.68631909.8
3Display Results1301300.0333939.4
 (SQL Overall)1786911302.03287938.5
 
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